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LEBANON IN FILM

A Lebanese love triangle, à la Brazil

Auteur Marcelo Gomes discusses fiction, truth and magic in his film "Portrait of a Certain Orient."

A Lebanese love triangle, à la Brazil

Wafa’a Celine Halawi and Zakaria Kaakour in a still from Marcelo Gomes’ ‘Portrait of a Certain Orient.’ (Matizar Filmes)

BEIRUT — Marcelo Gomes has remarked that he couldn’t imagine making “Portrait of a Certain Orient,” with Brazilian actors. So it is that the three principal cast members in Gomes’ latest feature are Lebanese. “They were a very important part of the...
BEIRUT — Marcelo Gomes has remarked that he couldn’t imagine making “Portrait of a Certain Orient,” with Brazilian actors. So it is that the three principal cast members in Gomes’ latest feature are Lebanese. “They were a very important part of the...