Solitaire

Solitaire

92 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 1, 2017

Therese, the mayor's wife in a Lebanese village, joyfully prepares for an overnight visit of her daughter's suitor and his parents. She excitedly shares the happy news of the engagement with pictures of her beloved brother who was killed by a Syrian bomb 20 years ago and is still bizarrely present in every corner of her house. Only when the long-awaited guests are at her doorstep, she discovers they are Syrian; this engagement will only happen over Therese's dead body!

Solitaire

92 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 1, 2017

Solitaire
Therese, the mayor's wife in a Lebanese village, joyfully prepares for an overnight visit of her daughter's suitor and his parents. She excitedly shares the happy news of the engagement with pictures of her beloved brother who was killed by a Syrian bomb 20 years ago and is still bizarrely present in every corner of her house. Only when the long-awaited guests are at her doorstep, she discovers they are Syrian; this engagement will only happen over Therese's dead body!
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers
Original title محبس
Directors Sophie Boutros
Writers Louay Khraish, Nadia Eliewat, Sophie Boutros

Cast

Julia Kassar

as Therese

Ali El Khalil

as Maurice

Bassam Kousa

as Riad

Nadine Khoury

as Nazek

Betty Taoutal

as Solange

Jaber Jokhadar

as Samer

Serena Chami

as Ghada

Said Serhan

as Marwan

Daniel Balaban

as Imad

Nicole Kamato

as Samira

Samir Youssef

as Toufic