Under The Bombs
by Philippe Aractingi
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Actor: Georges Khabbaz, Nada Abou FarhatDirector: Philippe Aractingi
Brand: Repnet LLC
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Arabic (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-05-05
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Film Movement
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Movie Review: A truthful movie about war
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a movie that had to be done. Under the Bombs is unique. It can not be described as fiction because the background for the central plot is the cruel reality of another senseless war. It is not a documentary because two professional actors give a human face to the detached portrayal of war that we so frequently see in the news. Both Nada Abou Farhat as well as George Khabbaz provide an authentic performance of the two central characters in the movie. The story revolves around Zeina, a mother searching for her missing sister and son, and Toni, a taxi driver trying to make ends meet in the simultaneously war ravaged and beautiful country of Lebanon. The realism is complete. The burials, the cries, the anger, the explosions, the ruined houses, and the destroyed bridges are all real. The filming was done under unique duress and dangerous circumstances. There is no cosmetic effort to moderate the ugliness of the senseless destruction of civilian property and lives or attempts to exaggerate or otherwise distort the events occurring in real time. The only thing that one can not feel watching this film is the stench of death. What should not be expected from this movie are the glorification of war, the gore, and the sensationalism of combat that is almost invariably the norm prevailing in Hollywood. This movie does not lecture the audience. It does not trivialize pain or take sides with any political point-of-view. It shows war for what it is: a total defeat of the human spirit. Sadly, the plot of this movie is a mirror of what has been happening in too many parts in the world. Financial and economic devastation of the Western economies, millions of dead or displaced civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, Lebanon, Israel, the USA (remember 9/11) and a myriad of less known places are a testament to humanity's inability to overcome its greed and addiction to war. A movie like this should be shown in every school around the world. Maybe the truthful scenes shown in 'Under the Bombs" could counterbalance the culture of death propagated by the militaristic and ultra-nationalistic establishments of so many countries in this little planet. I clearly remember diplomats and politicians in the awful summer of 2006 demanding a delay in the cease-fire so that a military "solution" could be reached. I hope (against all probability) that they will watch this movie. In one scene Zeina cries out: "haidi mish harbi", this is not my war. Maybe Zeina is wrong. The Israeli-Lebanese war of 2006, like all wars, is everybody's war.
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