---
title: 'The Insult (2017)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ziad Doueiri'
released: '2017-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Lebanon'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-insult-2017'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7048622/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Insult (2017)

2017 · R · 112 min · Drama · Lebanon, France


## Synopsis

The Insult is a 2017 Lebanese legal drama film directed by Ziad Doueiri and co-written by Doueiri and Joelle Touma. It was screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival. At Venice, Kamel El Basha won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. It was selected as the Lebanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for the Oscar at the 90th Academy Awards.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ziad Doueiri](https://cinepixo.com/people/ziad-doueiri)
- **Screenplay:** [Ziad Doueiri](https://cinepixo.com/people/ziad-doueiri)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Éric Neveux](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-neveux)
- **Producer:** [Rachid Bouchareb](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachid-bouchareb)

## Cast

- [Rita Hayek](https://cinepixo.com/people/rita-hayek)
- [Adel Karam](https://cinepixo.com/people/adel-karam)
- [Julia Kassar](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-kassar)
- [Kamel El Basha](https://cinepixo.com/people/kamel-el-basha)

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