The Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
The Razor’s Edge
When
Wed 18 Nov 2026
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Saab’s fiction feature debut came after years of working as a journalist, and traces similar themes to her lauded Beirut trilogy. Set amidst the Lebanese Civil War and made while Beirut was under attack from foreign forces, Saab and cinematographer Claude La Rue capture a vibrant sense of precarious life and place in a disappearing city of ruin and rubble. Written with French screenwriter Gérard Brach, the film posits memory as a key to cultural and political resistance. With Jacques Weber, Hala Bassam, Youssef Housni and Juliet Berto in a small role.
4K DCP restored in 2025 by Association Jocelyne Saab in collaboration with Cinémathèque suisse and the Cinémathèque québécoise.
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Australia's longest-running film society, Melbourne Cinémathèque screens significant works of international cinema in the medium they were created, the way they would have originally screened.
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