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ONLY REBELS WIN

by Danielle Arbid

synopsis

Beirut, Lebanon. Suzanne gets to know Osmane after saving him from a racist attack. Osmane is Sudanese, young, undocumented and searching for a better future. Suzanne is a middle-class widow with Palestinian roots, a mother of two adult children and well over twice his age. Unexpectedly, the two lonely souls open up to each other and connect. Shy at first, they grow closer, until they admit they are in love. As a fractured Lebanon teeters on the brink of collapse, their relationship provokes a wave of anger and indignation all around them. Suzanne’s children stop seeing her. Colleagues turn their backs on her. Priests refuse to marry them. Their neighbours call the police on them. The same people who threw the country into civil war now stand there, judging, forcing Suzanne and Osmane to face the hostility, and to resist.

international title: Only Rebels Win
original title: Only Rebels Win
working title: Love Conquers All
country: France, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates
sales agent: Fandango
year: 2026
genre: fiction
directed by: Danielle Arbid
film run: 98'
release date: FR 24/06/2026
screenplay: Danielle Arbid
cast: Hiam Abbass, Amine Benrachid, Shaden Fakih, Charbel Kamel, Alexandre Paulikevitch
cinematography by: Céline Bozon
film editing: Clément Pinteaux
art director: Izaac Lacoue-Labarthe
costumes designer: Pauline Berland
music: Bachar Mar-Khalifé
producer: Omar El Kadi, Nadia Turincev, Georges Schoucair
co-producer: Amanda Turnbull, Ziad Srouji, Antoine Khalife
production: Easy Riders Films, Abbout Productions (LB), Rise Studios (AE)
distributor: JHR Films

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