Aline Lahoud and Samer Hanna in "Al-Beit Baytak" presented at the Monnot Theater. (Credit: Charbel Sammour)
In a mountain village, nestled between hills and waterfalls, a small abandoned family house suddenly awakens from its long slumber.Joumana (Maya Yammine), who inherited it, has decided to part with it. This widow, owner of a mana'ish bakery in Beirut, wants to secure a small sum for her only son Jad (Samer Hanna), a gentle dreamer and penniless filmmaker, to help him get started. She has found a buyer in Marwan (Tony Abou Jaoudeh), the former neighbor and first love of Dalia (Aline Lahoud), her younger sister who has become a singing star.Over the course of one weekend, the former lovers, the sister, the nephew, and the singer’s assistant (Maria Beshara) gather there: five protagonists for a chorus of memories. Incase you missed it! To think is to be, but to be or not to be?: Where to be this weekend in the Middle East Memories...
In a mountain village, nestled between hills and waterfalls, a small abandoned family house suddenly awakens from its long slumber.Joumana (Maya Yammine), who inherited it, has decided to part with it. This widow, owner of a mana'ish bakery in Beirut, wants to secure a small sum for her only son Jad (Samer Hanna), a gentle dreamer and penniless filmmaker, to help him get started. She has found a buyer in Marwan (Tony Abou Jaoudeh), the former neighbor and first love of Dalia (Aline Lahoud), her younger sister who has become a singing star.Over the course of one weekend, the former lovers, the sister, the nephew, and the singer’s assistant (Maria Beshara) gather there: five protagonists for a chorus of memories. Incase you missed it! To think is to be, but to be or not to be?: Where to be this weekend in the Middle East ...
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