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Civilisées (A Civilized People or Al Mutahaddirat) is a 1999 Lebanese comedy drama film directed and written by Randa Chahal Sabag, a renowned Lebanese film maker and screenwriter.

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Civilisées (A Civilized People)
Directed by	Randa Chahal Sabag
Written by	Randa Chahal Sabag
Produced by	Jean-Pierre Saire
Edited by	Juliette Weifling
Music by	Ziad Rahbani
Release date	1999 (1999)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Lebanon
Languages	Arabic and French

Synopsis

The film is a dark comedy/drama about the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990). During the civil war, many well-off Lebanese families fled the country to look for their personal interests internationally, leaving behind their residences under the care of maids and laborers from Egypt, the Philippines and Sri Lanka. The film draws the portrait of a war-tormented Beirut neighborhood, and the love between a Muslim militia fighter and a Christian maid.

Critical response

Due to the controversial topic of the film, it was only screened once in Lebanon at the Beirut International Film Festival and was later banned by the Lebanese film commission. However, it received positive responses from international audiences. The film was well appreciated by the Arab Film Festival which took place in San Francisco, CA.

It also received positive responses at film festivals in Italy, France and Canada.

Cast

• Jalila Baccar [fr] as Viviane
• Tamim Chahal as Samir
• Myrna Maakaron as Souad
• Carmen Lebbos as Najat
• Bruno Todeschini as Antoine

Crew

• Executive Producers : Daniel Toscan du Plantier, Frédéric Sichler
• Co-producer : Anne Fleischl
• Directors of Photography : Ricardo Jacques, Gale Breidi, Roby Breidi
• Sound Recordists : Nicolas Cantin, Dominique Gaborieau
• Press Attachés (film) : Denise Breton, Isabelle Duvoisin
• Production Designer : Sylvian Chauvelot
• Costume Designer : Souraya Bagdadi

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20111022084137/http://arteeast.org/pages/cinema/series/TheCalmAfterTheStorm/935/
• http://www.answers.com/topic/civilis-es
• http://www.unifrance.org/film/16045/civilisees
• http://www.arabfilmfestival.org/film_detail.php?id=885

External links

• Civilisées at IMDb

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