Under the Bombs

In the wake of Israel's 2006 bombardment of Lebanon, a determined woman finds her way into the country convincing a taxi driver to take a risky journey around the scarred region in search of her sister and her son.

Cast

Nada Abou Farhat

as Zeina

Georges Khabbaz

as Toni

Rawia Elchab

as Hotel Receptionist

Bshara Atallah

as Journalist

Zaynab Balhas

as Zaynab

Hadi Medhi

as Tarek

Ali Maerouf Amer

as L'enfant Ali

Kamal Balhas

as Le père de Zaynab

Mounifeh Salameh

as La tante de Tony

Clancy Chassay

as Reporter

Reviews

pancine

Typical one-sided but well made depiction of life during one of countless conflicts in that part of the world and it's associated horrors and innocent young lives lost. Powerful ending....

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