Vestige

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Vestige, is a Lebanese movie, directed by Fadi El Samra, and starring Christine Choueiri, Rodrigue Sleiman, Karim Chemaly. with a runtime of 15 minutes.

Overview

Vestige is a short drama film set around a single pivotal moment: a young man's eighteenth birthday. He is the son of a fighter who died on the battlefield, and on this symbolic threshold into adulthood, his uncle arrives with an unexpected gift. What the gift is and what it means forms the emotional core of the film — a quiet, profound meditation on inheritance, absence, and what a father leaves behind. Vestige uses restraint and implication with great skill, saying as much in what it withholds as in what it shows. A moving short film about growing up in the shadow of loss and the weight of a legacy that was never asked for.

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