Animation interspersed with gore gives war film unique punch
Filmmaker Tania Khalaf's 'Born in Beirut' imagines child's experience of conflict
By Yasmine Ryan
Special to The Daily Star
Saturday, April 28, 2007
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"The film starts with another ordinary day. Two elderly men playing backgammon, cars passing by, children playing in the street; scenes anyone anywhere in the world can relate to. Seemingly without warning, as the sun sets on that ordinary day, the audience is taken on a perilous journey through war-torn Beirut."
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