I Can't Go Home

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I Can't Go Home
Directed by Joana Hadjithomas
Khalil Joreige
Written by Joana Hadjithomas
Khalil Joreige
CinematographyJeanne Lapoirie
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryLebanon
Languages Arabic and French

I Can't Go Home is a 2007 Lebanese film and the third film directed by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige.

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This film was selected in the Atelier of the Cinefondation at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. [1] [2]

Plot summary

The 2006 Lebanon war erupts, a Lebanese filmmaker woman who is in Paris for a job seeks information about the war while her husband is stuck in the conflict.

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