Sleepless Nights

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Sleepless Nights, is a 2012 Lebanese movie, directed by Eliane Raheb. with a runtime of 128 minutes.

Overview

Sleepless Nights is a documentary drama that excavates the wounds of Lebanon's civil war through two deeply personal accounts. Assaad Shaftari, a former high-ranking militia officer haunted by the weight of his past, and Maryam Saiidi, a mother still searching for her missing communist fighter son, anchor a film that dares to ask whether redemption and forgiveness can emerge from the rubble of war. Weaving together memory, guilt, and grief, the film confronts the impossible arithmetic of reconciliation between perpetrators and victims, offering a raw and unflinching look at how survivors live alongside the legacy of destruction.

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