'Michale Boganim on ‘Tel Aviv Beirut’
‘Tel Aviv Beirut’
Set in
Northern Israel, the film tells the journey of two families on each side of the
In particular,
it sheds light on the little-known story of Lebanese people who collaborated with the Israeli
Also, because
my father experienced war, I began to realize that this war is trans generational
And then
I discovered a story of this Lebanese people while living in Israel
It was
by chance that I went to restaurant in north of Israel at the time and
I didn’t
know about these Lebanese people who escaped Lebanon, because they collaborated with Israel
When there
was no war, when there was peace, they closed the border instead of opening it
It’s very
contradictory that the border opens only when there was war
It was
a choice because it was the only way for me to be able to gather
It may
be the first time in history that you have Lebanese and Israeli actors working together
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