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Dirty Difficult Dangerous

Wed, Jul 19, 2023
    Part of
  • BAM Film 2023
  • and
  • Contemporary Arab Cinema
Directed by Wissam Charaf
With Charaf, Hala Dabaji, Mariette Désert

Mehdia, an Ethiopian migrant domestic worker in Beirut, loves Ahmed, a Syrian refugee who struggles to survive dealing in second-hand metal scraps, and suffers from an unidentified ailment related to shrapnel wounds. When the opportunity arises, the couple leaves Beirut though Ahmed’s physical condition worsens. With searing intensity and heartbreaking realism, Mehdia and Ahmed discover the difference between having nothing and having nothing to lose.

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      RUNNING TIME

      83min

      VENUE

      Peter Jay Sharp Building
      BAM Rose Cinemas

      FORMAT

      DCP

      LANGUAGE

      In Arabic with English Subtitles

      TICKET INFORMATION

      General Admission: $16
      Members: $8

      Leadership support for
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      JL Greene

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