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Heaven Without People (2017)

1h 31m

Running Time

Heaven Without People (2017)

Name: Heaven Without People
Genre: Drama
Released: 2017-12-07

1h 31m

Running Time

Plot.

Josephine, the matriarch of a sprawling family, is delighted to gather everyone for Easter lunch for the first time in two years. While they all share a joyful meal, an incident ignites underlying tensions between the family members and leads them gradually into chaos.

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Cast & Crew.

Samira Sarkis

Josephine

Farah Shaer

Rita / Producer

Nadim Abou Samra

Serge

Laeticia Semaan

Leila

Jenny Gebara

Noha

Jean Paul Hage

Elias

Hussein Hijazi

Gaby

Ghassan Chemali

Rabih

Wissam Boutros

Antoine

Lucien Bourjeily

Director / Writer / Producer / Editor

Ahmad Al Trabolsi

Director of Photography

Nancy Karam

Christine

Joeanne Chaiban

Production Design

Maryam Hoballah

Production Design

Media.

Details.

Release Date
December 7, 2017

Original Name
غداء العيد

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 31m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-04-13

Wiki.

Heaven Without People; Arabic: غداء العيد, romanized: Ghada El Eid, lit. 'Festive Lunch') is the debut feature-length film written and directed by Lucien Bourjeily. It premiered in the main Muhr Awards competition section of the 14th Dubai International Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize award. It went on to win the Global Vision Award at the 2018 Cinequest Film Festival and both the "Special Jury Prize" and "Ensemble Cast" award at the Festival des cinémas arabes à Paris. Furthermore, it competed in many international film festivals and was nominated for the Jordan Ressler award at the 2018 Miami International Film Festival, the Critics' Choice Award at the 2018 Hamburg Film Festival and the Best World Fiction film award at the 2018 LA Film Festival.