Merely a Smell (2007)

In four long takes, like a haiku in black and white, we enter the rubble of a country following the 2006 Israeli-Lebanese conflict. Without ever looking death in the face, the absence of life shows itself over the course of clues appearing in the no man’s land of a battered Beirut. In silent, frozen time, the film subtly refers to the spectator’s imagination in alluding to death.

• Release Date: 2007-09-14
• Runtime: 0h 10min
• Production Company: Les Films d'Ici
• Production Country: France, Lebanon
• Director: Maher Abi Samra