Farewell, Lebanon

At a glance

Farewell, Lebanon, is a 1968 Iraqi movie, directed by Hikmat Labeb, and starring Youssef El Ani, Mounir Moasery, Marlene Schmidt. with a runtime of 100 minutes.

Overview

Farewell, Lebanon is a Lebanese drama that confronts the painful reality of emigration through the eyes of young people forced to leave their country. Carrying unresolved longing alongside fragile hopes, they arrive in new environments only to be met with cultural alienation, social pressure, and the grinding difficulty of starting over. The film is less a story about destinations than about what is left behind — the Lebanese identity that persists even as daily life demands its suppression. A tender and timely meditation on belonging, exile, and the particular grief of a generation that did not choose to go.

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