A young filmmaker investigates the legend of Manivelle, an automaton gifted to Lebanon in 1945 that still haunts an abandoned mansion in Beirut. After being coaxed back out into the limelight, the people who knew him come forward to speak their mind, and the myth that Manivelle has constructed around himself begins to unravel.
The Last Days of Man Tomorrow
DIRECTOR
Fadi Baki
RUN TIME
30 Minutes
LANGUAGE
Arabic
YEAR
2017
Country
Lebanon
English Subtitles
Yes
Genre
Mockumentary, Short
Cast
Jannick Miklitz, Tony Harouni, Romy Melhem
Classification
Restricted to persons aged 15 and over unless accompanied by an adult
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