TRIPOLI / A TALE OF THREE CITIES
Film poster for "Tripoli / A Tale of Three Cities." A sunset of a city.
TRIPOLI / A TALE OF THREE CITIES
Film poster for "Tripoli / A Tale of Three Cities." A sunset of a city.
A queer director returns to Tripoli, Lebanon to confront a hometown that once rejected him

TRIPOLI / A TALE OF THREE CITIES

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OFFICIAL SELECTION - IDFA, Amsterdam

Queer • LGBTQ • Arab World • Lebanon • Exile • Migration • Human Rights • Society


Date of Completion: 2024 | Run Time: 88 minutes | Language: Arabic & English with English subtitles | Captions: Open Captions | Includes: Transcript | Director & Producer: Raed Rafei

While living abroad, a filmmaker returns to Tripoli, Lebanon to confront a hometown that once rejected him as a queer child. With a microphone in hand, he walks around coffee shops, public squares and a park to ask the city's inhabitants about their cultural and social beliefs and their embrace of new ideas. Gradually, he meets a group of marginalized individuals whose eccentric life choices contradict the general lifestyle in this religiously and socially conservative city. Through intimate conversations with a communist activist, a queer music producer and other unconventional characters, TRIPOLI / A TALE OF THREE CITIES explores the complicated relations one forms with a hometown in crisis. This contemplative urban symphony paints a picture of a city trapped in a self-spun web, paralyzed by a deep economic crisis, a faltering revolution, and a looming doomsday.

Business Doc Europe | Nicole Sante
"Tripoli – A Tale of Three Cities celebrates this enigmatic place and its people with an open mind and through a loving, compassionate lens, with nostalgia but also hope for the future, and with an exceptional eye for detail and the humanity in everyone."

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