Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

INTERNATIONAL SHORTS

ON THE ROPES

Lebanon
2016 — 17' / Color

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Synopsis

“On the ropes” reflects the Lebanese society through a family whose members’ life is suspended, stuck in Limbo, like everything else in the country. A family where men are unemployed and women are desperate, no one seems to move forward.

Director Biography

Lebanese director and production designer Manon Nammour (25) graduated with a degree in filmmaking from Notre Dame University. ON THE ROPES, her second short, screened at Locarno.

Director

Manon Nammour

Producer

Nicolas Khabbaz

Cinematographer

Mansour Aoun

Editor

Ornella Maalouf

Contact

Radiator IP Sales
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