Time Out Beirut and Save Beirut Heritage have the great pleasure of inviting you to the December screening of their monthly Cineclub. Every month, we enjoy films on the theme of Beirut’s heritage, screened in heritage buildings. Join us and bring your friends!

‘Beirut: The Last Home Movie' (Dir. Jennifer Fox, 1987, 90min, English)

THE FILM

A documentary initially filmed in 1981, set in Beirut, exploring the lives the of the well to-do Boustros family: the widowed mother and her four children who all live in their gorgeous 200 year old mansion, doubling as an oasis in the middle of a desert of destruction. Shot with exquisite taste and unassuming ‘cinema vérité’ narration coupled with original music by Ziad Rahbani, the charmingly grainy ‘Beirut: The Last Home Movie’ remains an intimate look at the deepest feelings of a generation of elite ‘children’, struggling with the commonness of war.

If you already know the film, note that we are screening the condensed TV version, for which many thanks to Gaby Bustros. She thinks the extended version is too long, too!

THE BUILDING

'La Cloiserie' opened as a restaurant in 1975. It used to be the stable block of a huge Achrafieh mansion. We will be in their cavern-like underground bar, with the traditional arched stone ceilings, but also highly recommend you check out their elegant upstairs restaurant as well.