Mansour and Souraya Baghdadi at home in France, circa 1970s. (Credit: Attic Films)
BEIRUT — The Souraya in Nicolas Khoury’s 2025 documentary “Souraya, Mon Amour” is the widow of renowned Lebanese filmmaker Maroun Baghdadi (1950-1993). Audiences learn her views on the exalted reputation of her husband before she appears in the frame.“When you talk about this ‘genius,’ about me living with a ‘genius,’ it makes me itch,” says Baghdadi, her voice arising from the dark. “I don’t want to be depicted in this light, a widow who bows before her ‘genius’ partner ... I feel annoyed by the way people mystify Maroun.” More from Jim Ghassan Salhab’s untitled reflections on 2024 Only then does Khoury turn on the camera to show his eponymous subject, sitting before the computer screen with her Paris flat behind her.Baghdadi also objects to the working title of Khoury’s film. She thinks “Autopsy of a Passion,” would be a better...
BEIRUT — The Souraya in Nicolas Khoury’s 2025 documentary “Souraya, Mon Amour” is the widow of renowned Lebanese filmmaker Maroun Baghdadi (1950-1993). Audiences learn her views on the exalted reputation of her husband before she appears in the frame.“When you talk about this ‘genius,’ about me living with a ‘genius,’ it makes me itch,” says Baghdadi, her voice arising from the dark. “I don’t want to be depicted in this light, a widow who bows before her ‘genius’ partner ... I feel annoyed by the way people mystify Maroun.” More from Jim Ghassan Salhab’s untitled reflections on 2024 Only then does Khoury turn on the camera to show his eponymous subject, sitting before the computer screen with her Paris flat behind her.Baghdadi also objects to the working title of Khoury’s film. She thinks “Autopsy...
