To Close Your Eyes And See Fire

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To Close Your Eyes And See Fire, is a 2025 Austrian movie, directed by Nicola von Leffern and Jakob Carl Sauer, and starring Andrea Fahed, Aya Al Mustafa, Jamal Aladdin. with a runtime of 98 minutes.

Overview

To Close Your Eyes And See Fire is a Lebanese documentary that observes Beirut and its people in the three years following the catastrophic port explosion of 2020. The film follows five distinct lives — Aya, a Syrian refugee; Selim, an activist and painter; the Aladdin family, mourning a devastating loss; Yasmin, who answers calls at a suicide prevention hotline; and Andrea, who clings to a belief in the city's capacity for change. Against the haunting backdrop of fires still smoldering in the port silos, the film asks whether rebuilding is still possible — or whether it is finally time to leave.

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