Traversées Libanaises | Captive de l’attente

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.

Editorial

“Traversées libanaises” – Cinema, memory and lives in wartime

A cycle of Lebanese films at the heart of the memories, wounds and resistance of a country told through its cinema.

Through « Traversées libanaises », the Collectif pour le Liban offers a film club devoted to Lebanese cinema and the stories that have traversed the country from the war years to the present day.

Far from a simple historical reading of conflicts, this cycle invites us to discover how Lebanese filmmakers have filmed intimacy, commitments, absences, traumas, but also the bursts of life that persist at the heart of the darkest periods. Cinema becomes a space for memory, transmission and dialogue, where images make it possible to question Lebanon’s history, its fractures and its hopes for reconstruction.

In a context where the country continues to undergo profound crises, these works offer a sensitive view of the human experiences behind political events: love stories separated by the borders of war, collective struggles, personal bereavements, forgotten voices and generations seeking to tell their own memories.

Captive de l’attente

by Jean Chamoun | 1994 | Lebanon | 50 min

The film follows the return of a young doctor to her village in southern Lebanon, devastated by an Israeli offensive that led to the destruction of numerous villages and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people. Through her work with women and children in the surrounding villages, the film shows a society confronted by war, but also animated by attachment to the land, resistance and the hope of rebuilding. Through the young doctor’s daily life, between care, education and transmission, Jean K. Chamoun paints a portrait of a community trying to take back control of its future despite the wounds of war.

The Collectif pour le Liban

Created in the wake of the 2024 war in Lebanon, the « Collectif Pour le Liban » works through cultural and artistic initiatives to express solidarity with the Lebanese people affected by violence, promote the transmission of Lebanese memory and culture, and raise public awareness of the realities and issues surrounding the situation in Lebanon.

Practical information

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€10 admission, no membership required / reduced rate €5: proceeds from the evening will be donated to support people displaced in Lebanon because of the war

The box office opens 30 minutes before the start of each screening.

We operate on a pay-what-you-can basis (each person pays what they want/can/feel is fair). We believe in pay-what-you-can pricing as a way for everyone to experience what interests them and to value the work accomplished as they see fit.

The cycle’s screenings