The Insult (film)

This article is about the 2017 film. For 1932 film, see 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, romanized: Qadiyya 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.

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  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.
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