Storyline
A few months after the incident of April 13, 1975, during which Palestinian civilians were machine-gunned by Phalangist militiamen, the toll is most tragic: six thousand dead, twenty thousand wounded, incessant kidnappings, a semi-destroyed capital. This film traces the origins of the Lebanese conflict, the perception of a society that goes to war while singing. A unique document on the Lebanese civil war. Beyond the religious war, the painting of a social and political reality that has not changed much, more than four decades later.
Cast & Crew
Jocelyne Saab
Self (uncredited)
Lead
Etel Adnan
Self
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jocelyne Saab's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Lebanon in a Whirlwind is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
