The Insult (film)

The Insult
International film poster
Arabicقضية رقم ٢٣
LiterallyCase No. 23
Directed byZiad Doueiri
Written by
  • Ziad Doueiri
  • Joelle Touma
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTommaso Fiorilli
Edited byDominique Marcombe
Music byÉric Neveux
Production
companies
  • Ezekiel Films
  • Tessalit Productions
  • Rouge International
Distributed by
  • Diaphana Films (France)
  • Italia Film (Lebanon)
Release dates
  • 31 August 2017 (2017-08-31) (Venice)
  • 14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) (Lebanon)
  • 31 January 2018 (2018-01-31) (France)
Running time
112 minutes
Countries
  • Lebanon
  • France
LanguageArabic
Box office$1.6 million[1][2]

The Insult (Arabic: قضية رقم ٢٣, romanizedQadiyya raqm 23, lit.'Case No. 23', French: L'insulte) 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.[3] At Venice, Kamel El Basha won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor.[4] It was selected as the Lebanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film[5][6] and was nominated for the Oscar at the 90th Academy Awards.[7]

The film tells the story of two men: Tony George Hanna (Adel Karam), a Lebanese Christian mechanic, and Yasser Salameh (Kamel El Basha), a Palestinian foreman, who are embroiled in a court case which causes political upheaval in an already unstable country.

  1. ^ "The Insult (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  2. ^ "L'insulte (2017)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. ^ Anderson, Ariston (27 July 2017). "Venice Competition Includes Films From George Clooney, Guillermo del Toro, Darren Aronofsky". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. ^ Anderson, Ariston (9 September 2017). "Venice: Guillermo del Toro Wins Golden Lion for 'The Shape of Water'". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  5. ^ AFP (6 September 2017). "الـ"قضية رقم 23" مرشحاً إلى الـ"أوسكار"... "يستحق أن يُسمّى لتمثيل لبنان"". An-Nahar. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  6. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (11 September 2017). "'The Insult' Director Ziad Doueiri Detained In Lebanon After Venice Win". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Oscars 2018: The list of nominees in full". BBC News. BBC. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

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