The Insult

“Words change everything.”

7.5

2017

1h 52m

DramaCrime

After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.

Key Crew

Director

Ziad Doueiri

Producers

Rachid Bouchareb

Jean Bréhat

Julie Gayet

Writers

Ziad Doueiri

Joelle Touma

Cinematography

Tommaso Fiorilli

Music

Éric Neveux

Cast (13)

Adel Karam

Tony Hanna

Kamel El Basha

Yasser Abdallah Salameh

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