Cinema al Fouad ━━━ (1993)
DIRECTOR
Mohamed Soueid
GENRE
Documentary
RUNTIME
41 Minutes
COUNTRY
Lebanon
LANGUAGE
Arabic
SUBTITLES
English
SYNOPSIS
A documentary on the life and ambitions of a young Syrian cross-dresser in Beirut’s old downtown. The video follows her journey from soldier to cabaret dancer in an effort to raise funds for her sex-change operation. Shot in Beirut, Cinema Fouad weaves a complex and multi-layered story of sexuality, identity and desire and paints a compelling portrait of its subject.
WITH
Khaled El Kurdi
EDITOR
Nada Abdallah
SCREENPLAY
Mohamed Soueid
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Maurice Toubia