{{Infobox film | name = Beirut Hotel | image = Beirut Hotel - poster.jpg | caption = Poster used in Locarno Film Festival | director = Danielle Arbid | producer = | writer = {{ubl|Danielle Arbid|Percy Kemp|Vincent Dieutre}} | starring = {{ubl|Darine Hamze|Fadi Abi Samra|Charles Berling}} | music = | cinematography = Pierric Gantelmi d'Ille | studio = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=y|2011|8|4|Film Festival Locarno}} | runtime = 99 minutes | language = {{ubl|Arabic|French|English}} | country = Lebanon | budget = | gross = }} '''''Beirut Hotel''''' ({{langx|ar|بيروت بالليل|translit=Beirut bel layl}}, {{langx|fr|Beyrouth Hôtel}}) the third long feature film by Lebanese director Danielle Arbid, is a 2011 Lebanese film. The film premiered during the 2011 Locarno International Film Festival.<ref name="Locarno">{{cite web|url=http://www.pardo.ch/jahia/Jahia/home/film/cache/bypass?appid=11456_34&appparams=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pardo.ch%2Fjpwacatalog%2Fpardo%2Ffilm.do%3Fid%3D540874%26widthPic%3Dy&resetAppSession=true#|title=Festival del Locarno|access-date=2011-09-04|archive-date=2012-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318081209/http://www.pardo.ch/jahia/Jahia/home/film/cache/bypass?appid=11456_34&appparams=http:%2F%2Fwww.pardo.ch%2Fjpwacatalog%2Fpardo%2Ffilm.do%3Fid=540874&widthPic=y&resetAppSession=true|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==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
==Nominations== *Golden Leopard during the 2011 Locarno Film Festival.
==Controversy== The movie was banned from viewing in Lebanon due to mentioning the Hariri assassination in the plot.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lorientlejour.com/category/%C3%80+La+Une/article/735546/La_censure_fait_a_nouveau_des_siennes+%3A_le_film%3C%3C+Beirut_Hotel+%3E%3E_de_Danielle_Arbid_interdit_de_projection.html |title=La censure fait à nouveau des siennes : Le film" Beirut Hotel " de Danielle Arbid interdit de projection | À la Une | l'Orient-Le Jour |website=www.lorientlejour.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618085425/http://www.lorientlejour.com/category/%C3%80+La+Une/article/735546/La_censure_fait_a_nouveau_des_siennes+%3A_le_film%3C%3C+Beirut_Hotel+%3E%3E_de_Danielle_Arbid_interdit_de_projection.html |archive-date=18 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|2018043|Beirut Hotel}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beirut Hotel}} Category:2011 films Category:2011 Arabic-language films Category:2011 French-language films Category:2011 romantic drama films Category:French romantic drama films Category:Swedish romantic drama films Category:Films set in Lebanon Category:French spy films Category:Swedish spy films Category:Lebanese drama films Category:2011 multilingual films Category:Lebanese multilingual films Category:Films directed by Danielle Arbid Category:2011 French films Category:2011 Swedish films
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