Bosta (2005)
بوسطة
After 15 years in France, Kamal returns to his native Beirut and reassembles his dance crew, striving to modernize traditional Dabke routines.
- Date of release
- 2005-09-24
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Music, War
- Director
- Philippe Aractingi
Casting
- Rodney El Haddad — Kamal Maf'ouss
- Nadine Labaki — Alia
- Nada Abou Farhat — Vola
- Bshara Atallah — Khalil
- Rana Alamuddin — Isabelle
- Joelle Rizk — Katia
- Mahfouz Barakat — William Maswani
- Mahmoud Mabsout — Mr. Naim
- Bader Haddad — Alia's Mother
- Youssef Emalhoub — Alia's Father
- Rouweida Attieh
- Liliane Nemri — Arzeh
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Lebanon
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
Bosta is a 2005 Lebanese film by the director Philippe Aractingi. Bosta is a story of young Lebanese artists who meet again, after being separated, and tour different cities of Lebanon in an old bus, performing a techno version of the dabkeh that shocks conservatives, but moves forward towards the future. Simon Emmerson and Martin Russell from the group, Afro Celt Sound System composed original music for the dabkeh (dance) sequences and composed the film's underscore respectively.
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