by Danielle Arbid
synopsis
Charles Berling Beirut Hotel Film
One evening in Beirut, Hind and Mathieu meet. She's a young Lebanese singer trying to free herself from her ex-husband's stranglehold. He's a French lawyer here on business who despite himself will be tracked down and suspected of spying. Over the course of ten days they will live a love story made of fear and desire, intrigue and violence.
Mar 13, 2012 Upon watching Beirut Hotel, I can say for myself that my initial thoughts about the movie were perfectly on point – and no, this is not a case of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Zoha (Darine Hamze) is a sultry singer, more often than not out of tune, at one of Beirut’s bars. Beirut Hotel Critics Consensus. No consensus yet. Charles Berling Mathieu. There are no featured audience reviews for Beirut Oh Beirut (Beyrouth ya Beyrouth) at this time. Charles Berling (born 30 April 1958) is a French actor, director and screenwriter. Son of a navy doctor, he is also the nephew of the literary critic Raymond Picard. His mother, Nadia, 'only daughter of (French) settlers in Morocco' was born in Meknes (Morocco); she died in 2004.
| international title: | Beirut Hotel |
| original title: | Beyrouth Hotel |
| working title: | Chambres d'hôtel |
| country: | France, Lebanon |
| sales agent: | Playtime |
| year: | 2011 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Danielle Arbid |
| film run: | 98' |
| release date: | FR 20/01/2012 |
| screenplay: | Danielle Arbid |
| cast: | Darine Hamze, Charles Berling, Fadi Abi Samra, Rodney El Haddad, Carole Amoun |
| cinematography by: | Pierric Gantelmi d'Ille |
| film editing: | Julien Leloup |
| music: | Zeid Hamdan |
| producer: | Philippe Martin, David Thion, Gilles Sandoz |
| production: | Les Films Pelléas, Maïa Cinéma |
Beirut Hotel Cairo Egypt
Her next unique role was in 2011's French/Lebanese controversial film Beirut Hotel opposite French actor Charles Berling, directed by Danielle Arbid, which made a huge controversy because of its political sub-text and explicit scenes.