Autour de la Maison Rose

Produced in 1999

Film Information

Festival Edition 1999 - Edition 3

Section General

Director Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige

Country Lebanon/France

Category Lebanese Feature Films 1999

Producer Anne-Cécile Berthomeau & Édouard Mardini

Screenplay Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige

Cast Hanae Aboud, Abid Sarmar, Antoine Blabane, Issam Bou Khaled, Joseph Bou Nassr, Nicolas Daniel, Chadi El Zein, Hassan Farhat, Zeid Hamdan, Raymond Hosni, Georges Khedy, Maurice Maalouf, Hassane Mraad, Rabih Mroué, Zeina Saab de Melero, Mireille Safa, Naye Souraty, Gabriel Yammine

Synopsis

The story of the pink house is quite strange. Built in the popular district of Matba'a, it was abandoned at the beginning of the war, but many families and greatly needed their villages have settled there illegally: The Adalims and the Nawfals. But the war is over. The country is going through an economic boom, the old shell-pocked buildings are being turned down to make way for a large reconstruction program. The arrival of Mattar, the new owner, surprises both families. He tells them he intends to keep the facade of the house but will remodel the inside into a commercial center. He gives them ten days to move out according to the law. This event divides the district and little by little two groups are formed and soon clash. On the one side, those who favor reconstruction and the economic boom, with all their benefits for the area. On the other side are the two families and their friends who feel rejected by this new system which ignores them.

Full Description

The story of the pink house is quite strange. Built in the popular district of Matba'a, it was abandoned at the beginning of the war, but many shells and greatly damaged. Nowadays two families who fled their villages have settled there illegally: The Adalims and the Nawfals. But the war is over. The country is going through an economic boom, the old shell-pocked buildings are being turned down to make way for a large reconstruction program. The arrival of Mattar, the new owner, surprises both families. He tells them he intends to keep the facade of the house but will remodel the inside into a commercial center. He gives them ten days to move out according to the law. This event divides the district and little by little two groups are formed and soon clash. On the one side, those who favor reconstruction and the economic boom, with all their benefits for the area. On the other side are the two families and their friends who feel rejected by this new system which ignores them.