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Beirut Phantom, is a 1998 Lebanese movie, directed by Ghassan Salhab, and starring Aouni Kawas, Darina Al Joundi, Carol Abboud. with a runtime of 117 minutes.
Beirut Phantom is a Lebanese drama set against the turbulent backdrop of late-1980s Beirut, when the civil war seemed destined to last forever. The film follows Khalil, a man returning to the city after years of absence — carrying a secret that has defined his life since a chaotic battle a decade earlier, when he seized the confusion of combat to fake his own death and slip away. His return to Beirut means confronting the ghosts of a past he thought he had left behind, in a city still haunted by its wounds. A tense, atmospheric drama about survival, identity, and the impossibility of truly escaping war — even long after it has ended.
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