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Borhane Alaouié

Born
Apr 1, 1941 · Aged 80
Died
Sep 9, 2021
Place of birth
Arnoun, Lebanon
Gender
Male
Movie credits
4
TV credits
0
Directing credits
9
Also known as (1)
  • برهان علوية

Biography

Borhane Alaouié, along with Maroun Baghdadi, made a bet for Lebanese cinema to the world. Starting from Paris, in which they lived for a period of time due to the repercussions of the war in Lebanon and moving between it and Beirut, but Burhan was haunted by the Arab cause. The first: Palestine (he said: "Palestine is the one that brought me to cinema"), and he found open sponsorship from the General Foundation for Cinema in Syria, which previously opened the door to many Arab creatives and funded their projects, and with it he completed his most important tape: Kafr Kassem, about the…