Beirut: the Last Home Movie – Jennifer Fox

Beirut: The Last Home Movie Directed by Jennifer Fox 1988 125′, Lebanon Arabic, English, and French with English subtitles
Fascinated by stories of the aristocratic Bustros family, who remained in their large 19th century mansion *in the mostly deserted downtown section of Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War, director Jennifer Fox *(Flying: Confessions Of A Free Woman, An American Love Story) leaves N.Y.U. film school to document her *good friend Gabby Bustros’ return to her family home. Filming everything from an auto race to an elaborate f*amily wedding, from a festive costume party to a group sailboat outing, Beirut: The Last Home Movie offers *an intimate profile of the Bustros family’s attempts to maintain their upper-class lifestyle as the devastating *civil war rages all around them. Filmed and edited in a narrative style, Fox’s documentary was an official *entry at more than twenty prestigious film festivals world-wide and is the winner of seven international *awards, including the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. Following its *U.S. theatrical release, Beirut: The Last Home Movie was broadcast as a PBS Frontline Special in 1991.
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