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The film tells the daily life of a young girl exiled in Beirut during the occupation of South Lebanon by the Israeli army. Samar was born during the war. An unwilling nomad, she grew among fighters.
As a curator at Birkbeck, University of London noted: "These beautiful and moving films infuse their powerful documentary footage of daily life amid destruction and displacement with a poetic intensity that transcends the conflict and reaches beyond despair."
Jan 24, 2019 · The move to fiction. In 1985, Saab made her narrative fiction debut with A Suspended Life, a bittersweet tale about a budding friendship between a teenage girl from the south of Lebanon and an...
The first film shot in post-war Lebanon, A Suspended Life is set in Beirut ten years into the conflict. Hala, a child of the war, finds relief from the chaos around her through Egyptian movies she watches on television.
Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for A Suspended Life (1984) - Jocelyn Saab on AllMovie - Director Jocelyn Saab looks at battle-torn…
A Suspended Life. 1984. 1 hr 40 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Director Jocelyn Saab looks at battle-torn Lebanon through the eyes of a 13-year-old girl and an artist who face post-war Beirut...
A Suspended Life (Ghazl Al-Banat) Dir. Jocelyne Saab, 1984. The first film shot in post-war Lebanon, A Suspended Life is set in Beirut ten years into the conflict. Hala, a child of the war, finds relief from the chaos around her through Egyptian movies she watches on television.
