ONLY REBELS WIN
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 |




















