• Director(s):

    LEPETIT (Sylvain)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE GEIE

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2020

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

In a fraction of a second, the explosion of August 4th, 2020 has devastated the entire historic center of Beirut for miles.

Torn facades, foundations rent asunder, roofs blown out... More than 600 buildings, inherited from the Ottoman Empire and the French mandate, saved from the greed of real estate developers by families passionate about history and architecture, were destroyed. Sadly, this tragedy elicited the aforementioned developers’ shameless covetousness. Their goal? To raze the rubble and erect concrete towers with a view of the sea...