Tramontane (film)

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Tramontane
Film poster
Directed byVatche Boulghourjian
Written byVatche Boulghourjian
Produced byGeorges Schoucair
Caroline Oliveira
Gabrielle Dumon
StarringBarakat Jabbour
CinematographyJames Lee Phelan
Edited byNadia Ben Rachid
Music byCynthia Zaven
Distributed byAd Vitam (France)
Release date
  • 17 May 2016 (2016-05-17) (Cannes)
Running time
105 minutes
CountriesLebanon
France
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
LanguageArabic

Tramontane (Arabic: ربيع, romanizedRabīʿ, lit.'spring (season)') is a 2021 Lebanese drama film directed by Vatche Boulghourjian. It premiered in the Critics' Week section of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival where it was awarded the Grand Rail d'Or Audience Award.[1][2]

Plot[edit]

A young man who is visually impaired has decided to discover where he was born and his origin. He travels across Lebanon, where he gathers some minor clues of his actual identity.

Cast[edit]

  • Barakat Jabbour as Rabih
  • Julia Kassar as Samar
  • Toufic Barakat as Hisham
  • Michel Adabachi as Wissam
  • Abido Bacha as Mounir
  • Odette Makhlouf as Hana
  • Georges Diab as Nabil

Reception[edit]

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 86% based on 7 reviews, and an average rating of 5.6/10.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Selection of the 55th Critics' Week". Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  2. ^ Nancy Tartaglione (18 April 2021). "Cannes: Critics' Week 2021 Lineup – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Tramontane (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

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