Each morning, Beirut awakens to a new victim of what seems to be a serial killer. Victims are found emptied of their blood.
In Beirut, a forty-year-old doctor, Khalil, begins to experience strange symptoms that will destabilize him and transform his life.
An imperceptible connection links Khalil to these victims, and more precisely to their ever elusive murderer…

Director: Ghassan SALHAB

CAST:
Carlos Chahine, Aouni Kawas, May Sahab

ORIGINAL TITLE:
Atlal

GENRE:
Drama

YEAR:
2006

COUNTRIES:
Lebanon / France

DURATION:
75 min

SCREENWRITER:
Ghassan Salhab

MUSIC:
Cynthia Zaven

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Jacques Bouquin

EDITING:
Michèle Tyan

SOUND:
Patrick Allex

WARDROBE:
Enrico Sabbatini

PRODUCER:
Agat Films & Cie (Nicolas Blanc)

CO-PRODUCTION:
Djinn House Productions
Abbout Productions (Georges Schoucair)
www.abboutproductions.com/released.php?id=60

With the participation of:
ARTE France, Fonds Sud Cinéma, the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, the CNC, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Fund for French-Speaking Audiovisual Production in Southern Countries (Intergovernmental Agency of the Francophonie and the CIRTEF), and the Ministry of Culture (Lebanon)


AWARDS :
2007 | Singapour International Film Festival, Singapour,
* Best Actor for Carlos Chahine


FESTIVAL SELECTIONS:

Locarno International Film Festival, Locarno, Suisse, 2006
Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen, Montpellier, France, 2006
Journées cinématographiques de Beyrouth, Beyrouth, Liban, 2006
Dubai International Film Festival, Dubaï, Emirats Arabes Unis, 2006
SITGES - Festival International du Cinéma Catalan, SITGES (Barcelona)
, Espagne, 2006
Festival International du Cinéma, Turin, Italie, 2006
Sydney Arab Film Festival, Sydney, Australie, 2007
TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL, New York, USA, 2007
Singapour International Film Festival, Singapour, Singapour, 2007
Festival International du Film Fantastique, de Science-Fiction et Thriller, Bruxelles, Belgique, 2007
Arab Film Festival
, san francisco, usa, 2007
Tous les Cinémas du Monde - FESTIVAL DE CANNES, Cannes, France, 2007
PARIS CINÉMA, Paris, France, 2007
Festival International du Film Arabe, Oran, ALGERIE, 2007