Film 2021
Dirty Difficult Dangerous
Love seeks a way through precarious lives in Beirut.
- Country collection
- Saudi Arabia
- Original title
- حديد، نحاس، بطّاريات
- Director
- Wissam Charaf
- Running time
- 83 min
- Year
- 2021
Editorial profile. Availability on LAREINE TV has not been confirmed.
Story, without spoilers
A Syrian scrap collector and an Ethiopian domestic worker imagine a shared future in Beirut. Their fragile livelihoods and the strange physical effects of an old war injury complicate a romance shaped by displacement and dark humour.
Context & recognition
The Red Sea 2022 archive lists this feature film with a production year of 2021 and a running time of 83 minutes. The festival records a co-production involving France, Italy, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.