DESCRIPTION
While living abroad, a filmmaker returns to Tripoli, Lebanon to confront a hometown that once rejected him as a queer child. With a microphone in hand, he walks around coffee shops, public squares and a park to ask the city’s inhabitants about their cultural and social beliefs and their embrace of new ideas.
Gradually, he meets a group of marginalized individuals whose eccentric life choices contradict the general lifestyle in this religiously and socially conservative city. Through intimate conversations with them, he explores the complicated relations one forms with a hometown in crisis. This contemplative urban symphony paints a picture of a city trapped in a self -spun web, paralyzed by a deep economic crisis, a faltering revolution, and a looming doomsday.
News & reviews
Queer Lebanese Director Returns to His Hometown in ‘Tripoli/A Tale of Three Cities’ Trailer, The Hollywood Reporter, October 18 2024
‘Tripoli / A Tale of Three Cities,’ Exploring the Queer Experience in the Islamic World, Picked Up by Filmotor Ahead of IDFA World Premiere, Variety, 30 October 2024