Leba**n's civil war ended a quarter of a century ago but its filmmakers remain fixated on this
dark period, seeing their ****** as a kind of catharsis to
help heal collective trauma. The latest example to hit the screens is "Mirath" ("Heritages") by French-Lebanese filmmaker Philippe Aractingi. Mingling fact and fiction, Aractingi shares
with his children memories of the 1975-1990 war, his exile and his return home, a story to which most
Lebanese can relate. "The
Lebanese tend to deny the
past and the war" that pitted Christian militias against Palestinian groups and their
Lebanese Muslim and leftist allies, Aractingi told AFP.
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