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Beirut is under reconstruction. A surprising pink palace is threaten of being destroyed to be replaced by a commercial centre.

Around the Pink House, 1998

Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige
Around the Pink House, 1998
DVD, colour
90 minutes
Film still

Synopsis

Beirut is under reconstruction. A surprising pink palace is threaten of being destroyed to be replaced by a commercial centre. This ambitious project divides the neighborhood. As the personal stories of those living in the pink house unveil, the wounds and dreams of a strange postwar period appear.

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