Lebanon's Oscar contender 'The Insult' wages an absorbing but overblown war of words
by Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
Jan 17, 2018
3 minutes
The spat that kicks off "The Insult" (L'insulte), an engrossingly blunt instrument of a movie from Lebanese writer-director Ziad Doueiri, concerns an illegal drainpipe on an apartment balcony. Some gutter language, so to speak, ensues.
Yasser Salameh (Kamel El Basha), a foreman tasked with building repairs in the neighborhood, attempts to fix the pipe. But the resident, Tony Hanna (Adel Karam), takes one look at him and slams the door in his face. Before long, expletives and physical blows have been thrown, setting in motion a fierce war of words,
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