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On Monday, Netflix released a series of films under the title “Made in Lebanon” to give “a glimpse into the struggle, the hopes and the dreams of the Lebanese” at a time when the country is going through a serious political and economic crisis. for a year.
This selection includes 19 films, 5 of which are by the late Maroun Baghdadi, who until his sudden death at age 43 after the end of the civil war (1975-1990) had the largest worldwide presence among Lebanese filmmakers.
Netflix has chosen its most famous films, which are “Out of Life” (dealing with the Western hostage crisis in Lebanon), “Little Wars”, “Nostalgia for the land of war” and “We are all for the homeland “and” Beirut Oh Beirut “.
“Netflix” indicated that “this is the first time that these restored films have been shown globally on a streaming platform, 30 years after their world premiere on VHS tapes.”
The group includes films by other Lebanese directors, among which the Franco-Lebanese Philip Aractingi stands out, who chose “Netflix” from his films “Bosta”, “Listen”, “Under the bombs” and “Legacy”, and the last one is a mix between a feature film and an autobiography, in which he tells his three sons about his experience in the war. And leave his homeland and then return to it.
Several films of the group “Netflix” revolve around “events”, which is a euphemism used by the Lebanese to describe the conflict that left 150,000 dead and thousands of forcibly disappeared, but some of these films do not deal directly with the war itself, including the “Eid Lunch” by Lucien Bou Regili. .
In this film, Bouregili, who was one of the active voices in the uprising against corruption that took place in Lebanon a year ago, tells the story of a family that meets for the first time in two years for lunch, but suddenly an accident falls apart.
Netflix highlighted in its statement that it “sheds light (through this group) on the richness of Lebanese cultural heritage and on the creativity of Lebanese talents.”
The group selected in “Netflix France” does not include the films of two of the most prominent new Lebanese film directors, Nadine Labaki and Ziad Doueiri (“West Beirut”, “Shock” and “Case No. 23”).
