Smoke Without Fire

At a glance

Smoke Without Fire, is a 2009 Egyptian movie, directed by Samir El Habashy, and starring Khaled El Nabawy, Cyrine Abdel Nour, Rodney El Haddad. with a runtime of 95 minutes.

Overview

Smoke Without Fire is a Lebanese drama set in the fragile aftermath of the civil war, following the Taif Accord of 1989 and the withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon. The film weaves together several storylines that initially appear unconnected, gradually revealing the threads that bind them. At the center is an Egyptian director who arrives in Beirut seeking the creative and social freedoms he cannot find elsewhere — only to discover that the city's apparent openness conceals its own forms of repression. As the stories converge, the film builds a quietly devastating portrait of a society in transition, where the end of one conflict does not mean the beginning of true freedom.

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