The premise of this documentary is very simple -- take one famous actress (Catherine Deneuve) and take her on a road trip from Beirut to just north of the Israeli border and back again, talk and film her reactions to the landscape.
Perhaps a little too simplistic. While the countryside is beautiful and the devastation shocking, there isn't enough drama in the movie to sustain its feature length.
During a Q&A with one of the co-directors, he tried to make the case that the film could only work with Deneuve as the observer. That struck me as a bit of a rationalization -- she was in Beirut for a festival so the opportunity presented itself.
Except for the scenery, it was a journey not really worth taking.
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