Overview
After 15 years in France, Kamal returns to his native Beirut and reassembles his dance crew, striving to modernize traditional Dabke routines.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (2007)
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Filming locations
Filmed in Lebanon
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Setting
Set in Lebanon
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Music
Music by Simon Emmerson
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Philippe AractingiWriter
- Original title
- بوسطة
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 24, 2005
- Original language
- Arabic
- Countries
- Lebanon
Cast
Rodney El HaddadKamal Maf'ouss
Nadine LabakiAlia
Nada Abou FarhatVola- Bshara AtallahKhalil
Rana AlamuddinIsabelle- Joelle RizkKatia
- Mahfouz BarakatWilliam Maswani
- Mahmoud MabsoutMr. Naim
- Bader HaddadAlia's Mother
- Youssef EmalhoubAlia's Father
- Rouweida Attieh
- Liliane NemriArzeh
- Omar RajehOmar
- Mounir MalaebToufic
- Khaled Abdallah
- Abeer NehmeAlia (singing voice)
- Latifa SaadiToufic's Wife
- SabahSabah
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