The Insult (Ziad Doueiri, 2017): Lebanon

Reviewed by Diana Diaz. Viewed at the SBIFF 2018. In The Insult, a personal dispute and personal violence explodes into a national sensation, opening old wounds between Lebanese Christians and Palestinian refugees.The film’s prologue places Tony (Adel Karam) at a rally for a Lebanese christian political party with national flags flying.  The narrative proper starts … Continue reading The Insult (Ziad Doueiri, 2017): Lebanon