Single, Married, Divorced

+Paired With Short
+Lebanon

Film will have English subtitles

Friday, 11/6 at St. Anthony Main
5:30 p.m.

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Director: Elie Khalife
Narrative feature, comedy, 100 mins, 2015
Country: Lebanon
Languages: Arabic, French, English
Regional premiere

Principal cast: Darine Hamze, Nada Abou Farhat, Julia Kassar, Nibal Arakji

Synopsis: Single, Married, and Divorced is contemporary take on the romantic comedy that examines four successful single women approaching their 40s in modern-day Beirut. Yasmina, Taleen, Layan, and Zina are smart, funny, and talented, and yet all they hear is endless grief from their families for focusing on career over marriage, and love over duty. Yasmina, the best make-up artist in Lebanon, travels the Middle East to create “fabulous” looks for singers, actors, and brides, squeezing in time to see her Egyptian boyfriend on available weekends for romantic dinners in fancy hotels. Taleen, owns her own art gallery in Beirut and has no interest in settling down with one man. Layan, a well-known fashion designer, falls in love with a married man who promises to leave his family when the time is right. Finally, there is the hopeless romantic Zina, a beautiful and brilliant doctor who waits impatiently for Prince Charming to arrive on his white horse. Single, Married, and Divorced celebrates female friendships and proves that true love is worth the wait.

Elie Khalife studied cinema at the Geneva University of Art and Design (ESAV-HEAD). He wrote and co-directed with Alexandre Monnier two multi-award winning short films, “Taxi Service” (1996), “Merci Natex” (1998), and a feature film Yanoosak (2010). He produced and directed Van Express (2004) and a personal documentary Love & Cigarettes (2006). Elie Khalife is also the owner of the production house Taxi Films. He teaches filmmaking in many Lebanese Universities such as Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) and the University of Balamand (ALBA).

Screening with “Pioneer High“