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جوسلين صعب
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Jocelyne Saab is a filmmaker and a photographer. She was born in 1948 and grew up in Beirut. In 1973, she became a war reporter in the Middle-East, covering the war of October for Magazine 52, the third television channel in France. In 1975 she directed her first feature film, a documentary released in Parisian cinemas: Lebanon in Turmoil, distributed by Pascale Dauman. She will then cover the Lebanese war for fifteen years, during which she directs almost thirty films, including Beirut, never again, broadcasted on France 2 in 1976, Letter from Beirut and Beirut, my city, broadcasted on France 3 between 1978 and 1982. In 1977 both Egypt, City of the Dead and The Sahara is not up for sale and were shot and released in Parisian cinemas. In 1981, she shots Iran, Utopia in the making on the days following the Iranian revolution, which received several international prizes. In 1998, she went to Vietnam and directed a documentary called The Lady of Saigon, which is awarded best French documentary by the French senate. It’s broadcasted on France 2, and in many international festivals.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1948-04-30
- event Death Date 2019-01-07
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 1.7
- info Birth Place Beirut, Lebanon
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Jocelyne Saab
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South Lebanon: The Story of a Village Under Siege
1976-01-01
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Imaginary Postcards
2016-01-01
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The Lady of Saigon
1996-01-01
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Dunia
2006-09-06
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Dunia
2006-09-06
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Fécondation in video
1991-01-01
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War Children
1976-01-01
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Palestinian Women
1974-01-01
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Palestinian Women
1974-01-01
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War Children
1976-01-01
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Imaginary Postcards
2016-01-01
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Imaginary Postcards
2016-01-01
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Le front du refus (ou les commando-suicides)
1975-05-04
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Les Libanais, otages de leur ville
1982-04-01
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My Name is Mei Shigenobu
2018-09-13
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What's Going On?
2009-01-01
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What's Going On?
2009-01-01
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Once Upon a Time in Beirut
1995-01-02
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The Razor's Edge
1985-01-02
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For a Few Lives
1976-01-01
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For a Few Lives
1976-01-01
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One Dollar a Day
2016-01-01
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The Ship of Exile
1982-04-02
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The Ship of Exile
1982-04-02
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The Architect of Louxor
1986-08-28
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The Ghosts of Alexandria
1986-01-01
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La Tueuse
1988-01-01
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L’Amour d’Allah
1986-01-01
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La Croix des Pharaons
1986-01-01
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War Children
1976-01-01
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Beirut, My City
1983-01-01
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Dunia
2006-09-06
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Egypt, City of the Dead
1978-01-01
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Le Sahara n'est pas à vendre
1977-01-01
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Beirut, Never Again
1976-01-01
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What's Going On?
2009-01-01
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Les Almées, danseuses orientales
1989-01-01
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The Razor's Edge
1985-01-02
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Les Palestiniens continuent
1974-01-01
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A Letter from Beirut
1979-01-06
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Once Upon a Time in Beirut
1995-01-02
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Iran, Utopia in the Making
1980-01-01
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The Razor's Edge
1985-01-02
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Palestinian Women
1974-01-01
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Personal Drawing of a French Mercenary
1975-01-01
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The Ship of Exile
1982-04-02
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Making of Nahla
1979-01-01
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Lebanon in a Whirlwind
1975-07-01
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Beirut, Never Again
1976-01-01
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Beirut, Never Again
1976-01-01
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Gender Cafe
2013-01-01