Broken Keys
Film poster
Directed byJimmy Keyrouz
Written byJimmy Keyrouz
Story byJimmy Keyrouz
Produced byAntoun Sehnaoui
StarringTarek Yaacoub
CinematographyJoe Saade
Edited by
  • Yves Beloniak
  • Maria Malek
Music byGabriel Yared
Production
companies
  • Ezekiel Film Production
  • Ginger Beirut Production
Release dates
  • May 2, 2021 (2021-05-02) (Jeonju)
  • January 6, 2022 (2022-01-06) (South Korea)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryLebanon
LanguageLebanese Arabic
Box office$8,510[1]

Broken Keys (Arabic: مفاتيح مكسرة, romanized: mafātīḥ‎ mukasarat) is a 2021 Lebanese drama film directed by Jimmy Keyrouz. It was selected as the Lebanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[2] The film was scheduled to premiered at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, before the event was cancelled.[3] The film premiered at the Jeonju International Film Festival in May 2021.[4][5]

Plot

A piano player attempts to rebuild his instrument after it is destroyed by ISIS.[3]

Cast

  • Tarek Yaacoub as Karim
  • Rola Beksmati as Samar
  • Mounir Maasri as Abou Moussa
  • Ibrahim El Kurdi as Ziad
  • Julian Farhat as Abdallah
  • Sara Abi Kanaan as Maya
  • Badih Abou Chakra as Joseph
  • Gabriel Yammine as Mounir
  • Hassan Mrad as Akram
  • Adel Karam as Tarek
  • Fadi Abi Samra as Bassam
  • Layla Kamari as Rasha
  • Michel Adabachi as Ibrahim
  • Said Serhan as Ahmad
  • Rodrigue Sleiman as Riad

Release

In South Korea, the film earned $5,708 from 27 theaters in its opening weekend.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Broken Keys". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "مفاتيح مكسرة".. تعرف على الفيلم اللبناني المرشح لجائزة الأوسكار". MENA Media Monitor. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 "After Cannes, Lebanese 'Broken Keys' director Jimmy Keyrouz sets his sights on the Oscars". The National. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Broken Keys". JeonjuFest. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Yeon-soo, Kwak (6 April 2021). "Jeonju film festival unveils 10 films in international competition". Korea Times. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "South Korean 2022 Weekend 1". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 January 2022.


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