Waves '98
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Lebanon, Qatar · 2015
15m
Director Ely Dagher
Starring Elie Bassila, Cherine Khoury
Genre Drama, Animation, Fantasy
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Disillusioned with his life in the suburbs of segregated Beirut, Omar's unusual discovery lures him into the depth of the city. Immersed into a world that is so close yet so isolated from his reality, he finds himself struggling to keep his attachments, his sense of home.
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