So the Lovers Could Come Out Again(2023)

Lebanon, Arabic - 120 min

Director

George Peter Barbari, George Barbari

Color

Length

120 min

Language

Arabic

Producer

Christelle Younes

INFORMATION

christelle@beeonsetproduction.com

So the Lovers Could Come Out Again

Lebanon

LogLine

“We found ourselves here. We found ourselves. Here.” At the climax of the Lebanese Civil War, two snipers guarding a stronghold overlooking the Green Line build a relationship as everything around them falls apart.

Synopsis

These two men were hired as snipers, to defend a building that sits on the Green Line, to kill anyone who tries to cross it. Facing such a difficult situation together will undoubtedly bring them closer, in many ways. They came here to be a part of this war because they were running away, from their past, from the war inside themselves. And here, they found safety, within each other. Elie and Gilbert, have both dealt with a severe loss in their lives - a loss that has left a hole they’ve been trying to fill ever since. Beit Beirut, the building where these men reside became known as the “House of Death” because of all the lives taken from the people in it. Though for Elie and Gilbert, this house became a sanctuary, where they were able to heal, to breathe. Eventually, Gilbert becomes afflicted with a severe illness, but due to the ongoing war, the lack of proper medical care and the certainty that he will spend his final days alone in the hospital room, Gilbert chooses to stay in the house. To spend his remaining time on this earth with the person who has become the closest to him.

George Peter Barbari, George Barbari

Director

Director’s Statement

How many more nights will we look at the stars and wonder? What does it all mean? There are so many questions that will be left unanswered when we leave this short life. Maybe we will find them in the next, if you believe there is one. Love. Maybe that’s the only answer we need. “If my love for Gilbert is a crime then let history show that I am a very dangerous criminal.” I was told the story of Beit Beirut a few years ago, about these words written on a wall, the declaration of love by one man to another. And it never left my mind. I started imagining these two men in that house, in those conditions, building a life together. Out in the real world, they would have never been able to, and in order to stay where they were, they had to kill other people, people they didn’t know, people who had lives and loves of their own. They had to kill to be together. The film aims to portray these two individuals as humans, in the most absolute sense. Humans who have fears, who have questions and doubts, who experience profound sadness and utter joy, who have regrets and aspirations, who love and are loved back. Who get sick and die and who lose what they have loved. Victims of the harshness of life. People doing their best to find their path, figuring out how to breathe. We’re all trying to make it through the only way we know how. This story is about two human beings, finding themselves in the most difficult of circumstances and making the most of it. An allegory to life.

Christelle Younes

Producer

Producer’s Note

Too many films are made these days that don’t reflect who we are as a species. On screen, a flat surface one layered version of what we are especially in the region. As lovers of cinema and as producers, Bee On Set Productions longs for stories that reflect our daily struggles on what it is to live in this body and to deal with so many difficulties. This is what we appreciate about the films of George Peter Barbari, and about this film in particular, he was able to embody in a script, what it means to be human. There is a certain sensitivity in his work that is not often present in other projects that come our way. It is an insight into the struggles of life that really makes you reflect on your own life, that captures you and then releases you to meditate on what has happened and makes you question how you will move forward. This is a story that will help spread a message of love.

Producer’s Filmography

*DEATH OF A VIRGIN, AND THE SIN OF NOT LIVING by George Peter Barbari - 87’ - 2021 - World Premiere at the Berlinale / Panorama.

 

Christelle was the delegate producer. The film toured in more than 30 countries collecting 7 international awards: Best First Feature, Best director, Audience Award, Best Cinematography, Fipresci Award, and Special Jury Mention, 

*CONFESSIONS OF A FASHIONISTA - SHAHID SERIES – 1 SEASON - 2021 - Directed by Mazen Fayad & Sandrine Zeinoun.

Acting as Line producer on the 10 episodes that were shot between Beirut & Dubai.

*JINN - NETFLIX’S 1st ARABIC ORIGINAL SERIES - 1 SEASON - 2019 Episode - Directed by Mir Jean Bou Chaaya a& Amin Matalqa.

Acting as freelance Production Supervisor for 57 shoot days in Jordan.

*TV SOCIETY directed by Robert Cremona - 74’ - 2018.

Acting as Line Producer and Assistant Director.