So the Lovers Could Come Out Again

So the Lovers Could Come Out Again

We found ourselves here. We found ourselves. Here.

· Drama, Romance

Perched in a tower high above Beirut where they monitor the world below through their sniper lenses, two soldiers in the Lebanese civil war find love in their watchful seclusion. The film sketches a humanistic portrayal of two men in love at war and the fragile and violent circumstances that allow them to stay together.

Directed by George Peter Barbari · Written by George Peter Barbari

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