Farah AlHashim

Breakfast in Beirut, is the story of love found and love lost, told in past and present moments in time, flooded with moving heartbreaking memories of a group of people and their never ending love affair with a city, with Beirut, A film Filled with resistance, confrontations, dreams, secrets and personal confessions. Breakfast in Beirut combines illusion with reality, converging toward a parallel side of Beirut through the eyes of its inhabitants.

A time travel film incorporating truthful moments and confessions that takes us back to Beirut of the 80s, Palestine of the 50s, and dystopian Paris.

In a heartfelt journey through Cairo’s bustling streets and nostalgic corners, filmmaker Farah Al-Hashem listens to people’s unfiltered thoughts on politics, history, and daily life, painting a warm portrait of a city that embraces everyone despite its chaos.