Jocelyne Saab Retrospective: The Razor’s Edge
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Mizna presents a retrospective screening series celebrating the recently restored works of Lebanese filmmaker Jocelyne Saab. Join us at the Main Cinema on July 8, 2026 for a screening of The Razors Edge and July 15, 2026 for a screening of Saab’s Beirut Trilogy.
WHERE: The Main Cinema, 115 SE Main Street
Minneapolis, MN 55414
WHEN: July 8, 7PM
Tickets are pay-what-you-can, $5 minimum.
Direct donations will be encouraged at each screening to benefit the Ghassan Abu Sitta Children’s fund, dedicated to providing medical attention to children who need it the most and helping to relieve the medical sector in Palestine and Lebanon. DONATE HERE: https://bit.ly/49BPsRw
MORE INFO + TICKETS: https://bit.ly/4oe7P54
The Razor’s Edge (1985, DCP, 102m, Arabic, w/ English Subtitles) dir Jocelyne Saab
Presented in a new 4K restoration, Jocelyne Saab’s narrative feature, set amid the Lebanese Civil War, tells the story of a passionate teenager who forms a (mostly) platonic bond with an older abstract painter.
As a filmmaker known primarily for her documentary work, Jocelyne Saab’s The Razor’s Edge is one of her few narrative features. The film tells the story of platonic love between a young refugee from southern Lebanon and a painter depressed by the ongoing Lebanese Civil War. Through its story and characters, the film traverses spaces that have now disappeared, taking viewers into corners of Beirut not often shown in films made during the conflict. Presented in a new 4K restoration, The Razor’s Edge merges narrative structure with astute documentary precision to display the social impacts of violence on Lebanon during the war.
A Several Futures release. Presented in partnership with Several Futures and Metrograph.
WHERE: The Main Cinema, 115 SE Main Street
Minneapolis, MN 55414
WHEN: July 8, 7PM
Tickets are pay-what-you-can, $5 minimum.
Direct donations will be encouraged at each screening to benefit the Ghassan Abu Sitta Children’s fund, dedicated to providing medical attention to children who need it the most and helping to relieve the medical sector in Palestine and Lebanon. DONATE HERE: https://bit.ly/49BPsRw
MORE INFO + TICKETS: https://bit.ly/4oe7P54
The Razor’s Edge (1985, DCP, 102m, Arabic, w/ English Subtitles) dir Jocelyne Saab
Presented in a new 4K restoration, Jocelyne Saab’s narrative feature, set amid the Lebanese Civil War, tells the story of a passionate teenager who forms a (mostly) platonic bond with an older abstract painter.
As a filmmaker known primarily for her documentary work, Jocelyne Saab’s The Razor’s Edge is one of her few narrative features. The film tells the story of platonic love between a young refugee from southern Lebanon and a painter depressed by the ongoing Lebanese Civil War. Through its story and characters, the film traverses spaces that have now disappeared, taking viewers into corners of Beirut not often shown in films made during the conflict. Presented in a new 4K restoration, The Razor’s Edge merges narrative structure with astute documentary precision to display the social impacts of violence on Lebanon during the war.
A Several Futures release. Presented in partnership with Several Futures and Metrograph.
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The Main Cinema, 119 Main St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, United States
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