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The Insult

Words change everything.

After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.

1h 52m2017TMDb 7.5

DramaCrime

French

Crew and Cast

Ziad DoueiriZiad DoueiriDirectorAdel KaramAdel KaramTony HannaKamel El BashaKamel El BashaYasser Abdallah SalamehDiamand Abou AbboudDiamand Abou AbboudNadine WehbeRita HayekRita HayekShirine HannaChristine ChoueiriChristine ChoueiriManal SalamehTalal JurdiTalal JurdiTalalCamille SalamehCamille SalamehWajdi WehbeJulia KassarJulia KassarJudge Colette Mansour
Rifaat TorbeySamir Geagea
Carlos ChahineJudge Chahine
Georges DaoudGeorges HannaElie NjeimElie NjeimElie
Christina Farah

Storyline

After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.

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Info

Original title
L'Insulte
Status
Released
Released
14 September 2017
Runtime
1h 52m
TMDB score
7.5 / 10 (496 votes)

Production

Director
Ziad Doueiri
Writers
Ziad Doueiri, Joelle Touma
Studios
Ezekiel Films, Rouge International, Tessalit Productions
Countries
France, Lebanon

Box Office

Budget
$3.0M
Revenue
$1.0M
Profit
$2.0M loss
Return
0.3×

Languages

Original
French
Spoken
Arabic