Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous (second feature)

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Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous

Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous

original title:

Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous

directed by:

cast:

Clara Couturet, Ziad Jallad, Darina Al Joundi, Rifaat Tarabay, Ghina Daou, Rami Fadel, Adam Alothman

screenplay:

Wissam Charaf, Mariette Désert, Hala Dabaji

cinematography:

Martin Rit

editing:

Clémence Diard

set design:

Tom Mattei

costume design:

Thomas Marini

music:

Zeid Hamdan

production:

Aurora Films, Intramovies, Né à Beyrouth Films, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Fonds Image de la Francophonie - OIF, Collectivité de Corse, Doha Film Institute, CNC

country:

France/Italy/Lebanon

year:

2022

film run:

92'

format:

colour

release date:

01/11/2023

festivals & awards:

Beirut, Lebanon, nowadays. Ahmed, a Syrian refugee, and Mehdia, an Ethiopian migrant domestic worker, are living an impossible love.

While Mehdia tries to free herself from her employers, Ahmed struggles to survive dealing in second-hand metal scraps, affected by a mysterious disease.

The two lovers have no future, but they have nothing to lose. One day, they take their chance and flee Beirut in a hopeful and desperate attempt to get away while Ahmed’s physical condition gets worse, turning slowly his body into metal.

DIRECTOR'S NOTES:
In this film, two fallen angels, Ahmed and Mehdia, two outcasts of society, come together in today’s Lebanon, only to face danger and racism at every turn. In this melodrama in which cruelty, comedy and tenderness overlap, we are offering an intimate vision of Lebanese society today. The tragedy of three populations in the same country is portrayed: racism towards the domestic workers, the misery of the Syrian refugees, and the moral decadence of the Lebanese people who harbor them. Even if it is inspired by a cruel reality, I don’t want my work to be the usual treatment of pathos and misery, but rather a redesigning of reality.