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Souha Bechara is a young southern Lebanese girl who, like thousands of other girls, found herself at an early age in the midst of a civil war. In 1982, the Israeli invasion turned her into a resistant determined to take up arms to liberate her country. In 1988, after a long preparation, Souha attempted to assassinate General Antoine Lahad, chief of the South Lebanese Army, Israel's proxy militia in the occupied zone. He was seriously wounded, barely escaping with his life. Souha was imprisoned for 10 years in the "hell of Khiam", a detention camp whose very existence has been denied by the Israelis and their Lebanese collaborators. Placed in solitary confinement in a tiny cell, repeatedly tortured, she soon became a legendary figure for her refusal to collaborate. Thanks to an international campaign, she was finally freed in 1998. On May 24, 2000, Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon and the camp was stormed by the crowds. The film covers Souha's return to her village, Deir Mimas, to the very spot where she tried to assassinate General Lahad, to Khiam prison where she is reunited with the prison's former inmates. This journey is also a cause for reflection on Lebanon's identity crisis.

France / Lebanon - 2000 - 52 mn - DV Cam - Colour

Réalisation Randa Chahal Sabbag Image Randa Chahal Sabbag, Muriel Abourouss Son Randa Chahal Sabbag, Stratos Gabrielidis Montage Yves Deschamps Musique Marcel Khalifé

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