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THE INSULT

L'INSULTE

By Ziad DOUEIRI

Social issues - Completed 2017

Venice - Biennale 2017

Official Competition – Best Actor Award for Kamel El Basha

Toronto - TIFF 2017

Contemporary World Cinema

Vancouver IFF 2017

Official Competition

Chicago IFF 2017

Official Competition

Busan - BIFF/APM 2017

Viennale 2017

Standard Readers Jury Prize

AFI 2017

Valladolid 2017

Official Competition – Audience Award, Sociograph Award, Blogos de Oro Award

- Year of production
- 2017
- Genres
- Social issues, Drama
- Countries
- FRANCE, LEBANON
- Languages
- ARABIC-LEBANESE
- Duration
- 112 mn
- Director(s)
- Ziad DOUEIRI
- Writer(s)
- Ziad DOUEIRI, Joëlle TOUMA
- Cast
- Adel KARAM, Rita HAYEK, Kamel EL BASHA, Christine CHOUEIRI, Camille SALAMÉ, Diamand BOU ABBOUD
- Producer(s)
- Julie GAYET (ROUGE INTERNATIONAL), Nadia TURINCEV (ROUGE INTERNATIONAL), Antoun SEHNAOUI (ROUGE INTERNATIONAL), Jean BRÉHAT (TESSALIT PRODUCTIONS), Rachib BOUCHAREB (TESSALIT PRODUCTIONS)
- Synopsis
- While renovating the facade of a building in Beirut, Toni, a Lebanese Christian, and Yasser, a Palestinian refugee, clash over a silly plumbing issue. A shouting argument ensues and Yasser ends up insulting Toni.
  Hurt in his dignity, Toni decides to file a complaint. They are rapidly stuck in an infernal spiral. A long and highly publicised trial opens where Palestinians and Lebanese Christians settle their score.