Manivelle: The Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow

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A young director finds in her manor Manivelle, an automaton given to Lebanon in 1945. As they walk through Beirut, the robot tells its tumultuous story, which is also the story of its country.

Swiss Premiere

Docufiction
Liban
2017 | 29 min. | Colour

Language : Arabic | French | English
Subtitles : English | Français | Deutsch

Screenplay

Fadi Baki (The fdz)

Cinematography

Tobias von dem Borne

Editing

Zeina Aboul-Hosn

Music

Nadim Mechlawi

Sound

Chadi Roukoz

Cast

Omar Khouri

Hatem Imam

Toni Harouny

Romy Melhem

Barraq Rima

Producer

Sabine Sidawi-Hamdan

Bernadette Klausberger

Niklas Hlawatsch

Jinane Dagher

Production Company

, Cinemoz

Print Contact

Visual Stories
Niklas Hlawatsch
niklas@visual-stories.org

Fadi Baki (The fdz)
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