The Lebanese Rocket Society

2012 · 93 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 161 VOTES · DIR. Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige

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Overview

Lebanon's brief flirtation with space travel in the 1960s becomes a poignant metaphor for the Arab world's utopian dreams in this riveting documentary.

Dialogue Timeline — 756 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:08 A few days after a man walked on the moon.
00:04:10 There aren't many details.
00:06:20 and the USSR, to launch its first manned spaceflight
00:08:56 I'm looking for all of them.
00:11:08 There are newsreels.
00:14:00 His dream could come true only once he arrived in Lebanon, at Haigazian.
00:21:58 Manoug and his students were driven by this.
00:24:08 The rocket they draw is to be built at the army factory.
00:29:17 Yet all these images have lapsed from the collective imagination.
00:33:26 The army is participating in it
00:39:10 So I had the idea
00:41:29 but Manoug's wife, an animal-lover stood against it
00:43:36 after the Egyptian program began its rocket tests
00:52:27 There is nothing left on campus.
00:56:28 Then the project stopped.
01:00:59 if you want to know more
01:03:38 The shattering of a vision: an alternative and modernist utopia
01:06:23 What do you think about the welding and finishing?
01:08:58 That's reassuring!
01:10:52 No. We were not clear about it.
01:13:21 They were all contributing to a project
01:16:07 Dignity
01:22:44 Welcome to the Museum of the Lebanese Rocket Society.
01:25:57 destined to reach life in outer space.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed756
Dialogue density8.1 lines / min
First line00:01:08
Final line01:25:57

Production Record

DirectorJoana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
LanguageArabic
IMDb votes161