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MONEY
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Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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The Insult
"Words change everything."
2017 1h 52m FR
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7.5
BANGER
★7.5TMDB · 494
DramaCrime
Synopsis
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After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.
“Words change everything.”
Cast
Adel Karam
Tony Hanna
Kamel El Basha
Yasser Abdallah Salameh
Diamand Abou Abboud
Nadine Wehbe
Rita Hayek
Shirine Hanna
Christine Choueiri
Manal Salameh
Talal Jurdi
Talal
Camille Salameh
Wajdi Wehbe
Julia Kassar
Judge Colette Mansour
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Ziad Doueiri
- Writers
- Ziad Doueiri, Joelle Touma
- Languages
- Arabic
- Countries
- France, Lebanon
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MONEY
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Earned back only 33% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
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ERA
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Released 9 years ago.
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WORLD
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International production across 2 countries: France, Lebanon.
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WORLD
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Ziad Doueiri, shot by Tommaso Fiorilli. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Éric Neveux. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Dominique Marcombe shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Ziad Doueiri directs. Tommaso Fiorilli behind the camera. Éric Neveux scores. Dominique Marcombe cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in France, Lebanon. Dialogue in Arabic.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Earned back only 33% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
- 3Released 9 years ago.
- 4International production across 2 countries: France, Lebanon.
- 5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 6Directed by Ziad Doueiri, shot by Tommaso Fiorilli. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 7Original score by Éric Neveux. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 8Editor Dominique Marcombe shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 9Adel Karam and Kamel El Basha and Diamand Abou Abboud carry the top of the cast.
- 10Marketing tagline: "Words change everything.".
- 11IMDB entry: tt7048622 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Tommaso Fiorilli
- Original score
- Éric Neveux
- Editing
- Dominique Marcombe
- Production design
- Hussein Baydoun
- Costume design
- Lara Mae Khamis
- Makeup / hair
- Stéphanie Aznarez
- Runtime
- 112 min · 1h 52m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Box office
- $1,001,305
- Return
- 33% of budget
- Original language
- FR
Also by
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Trailers & featurettes
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Production companies
Who made it
- EZ
Ezekiel Films
LB
Rouge International
FR
Tessalit Productions
FR
SCOPE Pictures
BE
- DO
Douri Films
LB
Key crew
- Script SupervisorAmélie Bérard
- Script SupervisorNadine Asmar
- Key Makeup ArtistStéphanie Aznarez
- ProducerJean Bréhat
- Production DesignHussein Baydoun
- ProducerAntoun Sehnaoui
- ProducerNadia Turincev
- ProducerJulie Gayet
- Costume DesignLara Mae Khamis
- ProducerRachid Bouchareb
- EditorDominique Marcombe
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical (limited)2018-01-12
Also known as
International titles
- Qadiat raqm 23LB
- Case No. 23US
- KP18: ĮžeidimasLT
- El insultoES
- The InsultDK
- قضية رقم ٢٣LB
- 인설트KR
- THE INSULTUS
- TəhqirAZ
