Beirut Hotel (Arabic: بيروت بالليل, romanized: Beirut bel layl, French: Beyrouth Hôtel) is a 2011 Lebanese film directed by Danielle Arbid. The film premiered at the 2011 Locarno International Film Festival.
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Plot
One evening, a married young singer Zoha meets the French lawyer Mathieu in a night club in Beirut. Mathieu will become suspected of spying, while Zoha is trying to flee from her husband. Despite these problems, the two will witness a love story for few days mixed with violence and fear.
Cast
Darine Hamze as Zoha
Rodney El Haddad as Hicham
Charles Berling as Mathieu
Karl Sarafidis as Rabih
Fadi Abi Samra as Abbas
Hussein Mokadem as Le cousin d'Abbas
Karim Saleh as Tony
Joseph Saklameh as Agent de l'oncle
Controversy
The movie was banned from viewing in Lebanon due to mentioning the Hariri assassination in the plot.