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Darine hosts a horoscope show on a politically affiliated radio station in Beirut, living in her imaginary bubble. That bubble is burst when she is asked to present the news and cover the dark reality of a country in crisis.
Darine, a vibrant woman in her thirties, hosts a horoscope show at a politicised radio station in Beirut. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she is asked to replace the news anchor who was fired due to the country’s economic crisis. Darine, who has always sought refuge in her fictional universe, suddenly finds herself confronted with the harsh reality of a country on the brink of collapse.

She quickly becomes accustomed to reading the often harsh and inaccurate news, until one morning, when an old man, Abou Firas, bursts into her life and pulls her into the neighbourhood about which she had spread a fake story that caused a stir. There, she meets Abou Firas’s sharp-witted son, Jalal, the supermarket owners, Mr. and Mrs. El Hout, and the spirited young boy Nassim, each offering a perspective on the community very different from what she portrayed on the news. Gradually, Darine realises how the propaganda she spreads ripples through people’s lives, forcing her to confront the real consequences of her words.

Credits

Director
Michelle Keserwany
Screenwriter
Michelle Keserwany
Producer
Tine Mikkelsen, Nadim Cheikhrouha
Co-Producer
Jorgo Narjes, Noel Keserwany
Cinematographer
Karim Ghorayeb
Editor
Konstantin Bock
Production Company
Zentropa Entertainments
Sales Company
TrustNordisk

About the Director

Michelle Keserwany
Michelle is a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker from Lebanon. Since 2011, she and her sister Noel Keserwany have been creating satirical political music videos, and in 202,3 they co-directed the short film ‘Les Chenilles’, for which they won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlinale, making it the first Arabic film to do so. Before this, she co-wrote the film ‘Capernaum’ with Nadin
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