---
title: 'West Beirut (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ziad Doueiri'
released: '1998-09-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Lebanon'
  - 'France'
  - 'Belgium'
  - 'Norway'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/west-beirut-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157183/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# West Beirut (1998)

1998 · 105 min · Drama, Comedy · Lebanon, France, Belgium, Norway

Original title: بيروت الغربية

## Synopsis

West Beirut is a 1998 Lebanese war comedy-drama film about the Lebanese Civil War, written and directed by Ziad Doueiri. The film was selected as the Lebanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ziad Doueiri](https://cinepixo.com/people/ziad-doueiri)
- **Screenplay:** [Ziad Doueiri](https://cinepixo.com/people/ziad-doueiri)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stewart Copeland](https://cinepixo.com/people/stewart-copeland)
- **Producer:** [Rachid Bouchareb](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachid-bouchareb), [Jean Bréhat](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-brehat)

## Cast

- [Rami Doueiri](https://cinepixo.com/people/rami-doueiri) as Tarek
- [Rola Al Amin](https://cinepixo.com/people/rola-al-amin) as May
- [Joseph Bou Nassar](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-bou-nassar) as Riad
- [Mohamad Chamas](https://cinepixo.com/people/mohamad-chamas) as Omar
- [Carmen Lebbos](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmen-lebbos) as Hala
- [Leïla Karam](https://cinepixo.com/people/leila-karam) as Brothel Madam
- [Mahmoud Mabsout](https://cinepixo.com/people/mahmoud-mabsout) as Baker
- [Liliane Nemri](https://cinepixo.com/people/liliane-nemri) as Nahida

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/west-beirut-1998
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