Each day, a formal General and an Army Doctor meet at a café, and sit by a corner bay window overlooking Beirut life. They meet to play crosswords to preserve their memory and fight against oblivion. A young journalist who has a crush on the young waitress is also a frequent visitor. The film progresses through 16 sequences/days. In each one, the two men’s thoughts in the context of the chaos that surrounds the region, are revealed.
Good Morning
DIRECTOR
Bahij Hojeij
RUN TIME
85 Minutes
LANGUAGE
Arabic
YEAR
2019
Country
Lebanon
English Subtitles
Yes
Genre
Black Comedy, Drama, Feature
Cast
Gabriel Yammine, Adel Chahine, Rodrigue Sleiman,
Classification
Restricted to persons aged 15 and over unless accompanied by an adult
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