We Were Communists

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We Were Communists, is a 2010 Lebanese movie, directed by Maher Abi Samra. with a runtime of 85 minutes.

Overview

We Were Communists is a bold Lebanese documentary that examines the enduring legacy of Lebanon's devastating civil war. The film gathers former comrades — men and women once bound by shared ideology and collective struggle — who have remained close-knit friends long after the ideologies themselves faded. Moving between memory and the present, the film explores how these individuals carry the weight of a traumatic past within a country still fractured by its wounds. Director Maher Abi Samra crafts an uninhibited and deeply personal portrait of political disillusionment, stubborn loyalty, and the chimeric landscape of post-war Lebanon — a country caught between forgetting and reckoning.

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