The Insult

Name: The Insult
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: January 12, 2018
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Adel Karam, Camille Salameh, Carlos Chahine, Christine Choueiri, Diamand Bou Abboud

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Cohen Media Group | Release Date: January 12, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Adel Karam, Camille Salameh, Carlos Chahine, Christine Choueiri, Diamand Bou Abboud, Julia Kassar, Kamel El Basha, Rifaat Torbey, Rita Hayek, Talal El-Jordi

Summary: In today’s Beirut, a civilian dispute blown out of proportion finds Tony (Adel Karam), a Lebanese Christian, and Yasser (Kamel El Basha), a Palestinian refugee, facing off in court. As the media circus surrounding the case threatens a social explosion in divided Lebanon, Tony and Yasser reconsider their values and beliefs as revelations ofIn today’s Beirut, a civilian dispute blown out of proportion finds Tony (Adel Karam), a Lebanese Christian, and Yasser (Kamel El Basha), a Palestinian refugee, facing off in court. As the media circus surrounding the case threatens a social explosion in divided Lebanon, Tony and Yasser reconsider their values and beliefs as revelations of trauma complicate their understanding of one another.… Expand

Director: Ziad Doueiri

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 112 min

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RogerEbert.com Godfrey Cheshire

Jan 12, 2018

While the issues it engages are timely and important, the film’s claim to fame really comes from its terrific accomplishments on every front, from writing and directing to acting and cinematography. Read full review

Ty Burr

Feb 14, 2018

The Insult is optimistic enough to leave the door open to hope. But it’s also realistic enough to only leave it ajar. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

Feb 1, 2018

Overall The Insult is a compelling, timely movie. Doueiri is doing what artists do: Making the personal universal, while at the same time showing the impact a few poorly chosen words can carry. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Jan 24, 2018

The writing is subtle and refreshingly without sentimentality — sentimentality being a common flaw in Middle Eastern cinema. Read full review

Lee Marshall

The film also has plenty to say about male stubbornness and the casual misogyny that lurks behind the apparent equality of Lebanese society. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Jan 8, 2018

Ziad Doueiri's film is well acted and staged with periodic liveliness, but its earnestness grows wearying. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Jan 30, 2018

Regardless of its high aims, most of what The Insult offers—unlikely last-minute reveals, argumentative lawyers, stone-faced judges—is the stuff of a diverting, junky courtroom drama. Read full review

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ledaumas

Feb 11, 2018

Sub-titled movies usually don’t interest us, but we wanted to see this movie because we felt it would explain the situation in Lebanon between the Lebanese and the refugees, and it did. It’s a very thought-provoking film with a strong message. The film shows how, even long after war, peopleSub-titled movies usually don’t interest us, but we wanted to see this movie because we felt it would explain the situation in Lebanon between the Lebanese and the refugees, and it did. It’s a very thought-provoking film with a strong message. The film shows how, even long after war, people are still very wounded and react in ways that if they don’t change, recovery is impossible. This movie also reminded me how situations involving tribal disputes, racial discrimination, or people not allowing different people be, regresses any progress in life for everyone. Now I have to watch the other 4 Oscar nominated foreign films to see if this movie was as good as I thought it was. On a side note, the actress Camille Salameh stood out for us because she seems like a combination of Lebanese Jennifer Lawrence/Helen Mirren. She played the young lawyer well, but then, the entire cast was excellent.… Expand