A Letter from a Time of War

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A Letter from a Time of War, is a 1984 French movie, directed by Borhane Alaouié, and starring Borhane Alaouié, Rafic Ali Ahmad. with a runtime of 60 minutes.

Overview

A Letter from a Time of War is a Lebanese documentary filmed in Beirut during the spring of 1984, at the height of the Lebanese Civil War. Conceived as an intimate letter from the warfront, the film captures rare human moments amid the devastation engulfing the city. A first-hand historical document, it preserves the pulse of a wounded Beirut during one of the most violent chapters of the conflict — essential viewing for those interested in Lebanese cinema history and the documentary record of the Arab world's most turbulent decades.

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