The Swing
An assured, emotionally rich film about the lies a family tells to keep their patriarch happy; and the unattended costs of their falsehood.After sixty years of marriage, Antoine and Vivi have lost their most beloved daughter; but no one has dared to tell the bedridden nonagenarian Antoine, lest his heart crack.
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An assured, emotionally rich film about the lies a family tells to keep their patriarch happy; and the unattended costs of their falsehood. After sixty years of marriage, Antoine and Vivi have lost their most beloved daughter; but no one has dared to tell the bedridden nonagenarian Antoine, lest his heart crack.
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- Release date
- Apr 4, 2019
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
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- Language
- Arabic, French
- Country
- Lebanon
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