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Melodrama Habibi Melodrama habibi - Une chanson dans la tête
Melodrama Habibi
Director: Hany Tamba

FRANCE, LEBANON
2008, 35mm, colour, 98'
Vers: Arabic, French - Sub: Ita


In the 1970's, Bruno Caprice was a one-hit wonder with his first and only single, "Quand tu t'en vas". Now completely out of the limelight, he earns a living as a receptionist in a Parisian luxury hotel. An unexpected phone call changes his life: the rich Lebanese businessman Jamil wants him to come sing in Beirut, for his wife Rands's birthday. There he discovers that his song has not been forgotten. But things get complicated when Randa was kidnapped, and Jamil decides that the show must go on.

Screenplay: Hany Tamba
Cinematography: Emmanuel Soyer
Editing: Sandro Aguilar, Rodolfo Wedellesn
Music: Khaled Mouzanar
Sound: Gildas Mercier, Sébastien Savine
Cast: Patrick Chesnais, Pierrette Katrib, Gabriel Yammine, Julia Kassar, Lara Matar, Pierre Chammassian, Maggie Badawi, Majdi Machmouchi, Fabrice Scott, Denis Maréchal, Béatrice Laout, Laurence Colussi, Nancy Tate, Karine Lazard

Prizes and selections:
Brussels European Film Festival 2008 (Audience Award, RTBF TV Prize for Best Picture), Montreal World Film Festival 2008 (Focus on World Cinema), CPH:PIX Copenhagen 2009 (Official Selection), Seattle International Film Festival 2009 (Official Selection)

Production:
Bizibi Productions
(Paris, T +33 143471506; F +33 143471509; elbizibi@free.fr)

Co-Production:
France 3 Cinéma
(Paris, T +33 153753232; F +33 153762380; france3cinema@france3.fr; www.france3.fr)

Distribution:
Films Distribution
(Paris, T +33 153103399; F +33 153103398; info@filmsdistribution.com; www.filmsdistribution.com)

Villa Medici - 12 Nov, 21.00
Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Cinema) - 13 Nov, 10.30








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