Martyr

Martyr

2018•1h 24m•5.9/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.9/10(16)

A young man's tragic death at Beirut's seaside causes his friends to grapple with loss and to partake in his community's rites and ceremonies, exposing the city's schisms and its society's fault lines

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Production

Biennale College Cinema, Artrip Production

Language

AR

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Carol Abboud

Hamza Mekdad

Hassane

Hadi Bou Ayash

Moustafa Fahs

Raneem Mourad

Rashad Nasreddine

Sélim Mourad

Rabih El Zaher

Yara Abou Haidar

Mohamad Akil

Mohamad Akil

Hussein Sabbah

Samer Daher

Souhaila Hamzeh

Khalida Eid

Ola Eid

Suzanne Moussa

Leila Basma

George Osta

Fadi Nassereddine

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