What Happened?
On December 9, 1980, De Gaulle Eid's parents, youngest sister and eleven other members of his family were gunned down in Edbel, Northern Lebanon. After quitting Lebanon for France 18 years ago, Eid no…
What Happened?
On December 9, 1980, De Gaulle Eid's parents, youngest sister and eleven other members of his family were gunned down in Edbel, Northern Lebanon. After quitting Lebanon for France 18 years ago, Eid now lives with his own family in Corsica. Since leaving Lebanon, Eid has remained traumatized by the massacre. Finally, he travels back to his homeland, where a 1993 amnesty agreement means that perpetrators of civil war-era atrocities are immune from retribution. Discovering his former neighbors, who participated in his family's slaying are still living in the area, Eid is faced with a hideous reality. —Dubai Internation Film Festival On December 9, 1980, De Gaulle Eid's parents, youngest sister and eleven other members of his family were killed before his eyes in Edbel, Northern Lebanon. De Gaulle, his brother Jean and his sister Rosaline escaped the next morning. They have never returned to Edbel since. He has lived in exile, in France, for the past 25 years. And he has many unanswered questions... Questions that torment almost every Lebanese family today. Those questions prompt him to return to his native Lebanon... to the village of Edbel, where the neighbors who slaughtered his family still live peacefully today. This film is an account of that journey.
What Happened?
Documentary,Drama,War
Film Details
On December 9, 1980, De Gaulle Eid's parents, youngest sister and eleven other members of his family were gunned down in Edbel, Northern Lebanon. After quitting Lebanon for France 18 years ago, Eid now lives with his own family in Corsica. Since leaving Lebanon, Eid has remained traumatized by the massacre.
Finally, he travels back to his homeland, where a 1993 amnesty agreement means that perpetrators of civil war-era atrocities are immune from retribution. Discovering his former neighbors, who participated in his family's slaying are still living in the area, Eid is faced with a hideous reality. —Dubai Internation Film Festival On December 9, 1980, De Gaulle Eid's parents, youngest sister and eleven other members of his family were killed before his eyes in Edbel, Northern Lebanon.
De Gaulle, his brother Jean and his sister Rosaline escaped the next morning. They have never returned to Edbel since. He has lived in exile, in France, for the past 25 years.
And he has many unanswered questions... Questions that torment almost every Lebanese family today. Those questions prompt him to return to his native Lebanon...
to the village of Edbel, where the neighbors who slaughtered his family still live peacefully today. This film is an account of that journey..