Around the Pink House

One of the most popular Lebanese films of the late 1990s Around the Pink House is a story that explores the changing urban landscape of Beirut after the Civil War La maison rose the pink house is an old mansion in Beirut where the Nawfal family found shelter during the Civil War Unfortunately for them their immediate environment is rapidly changing as many of the old shellridden buildings are being torn down and replaced by new construction projects When Mattar the owner of the pink house decides to sell it to make room for a large commercial centre the residents of the neighbourhood become divided between the shopkeepers and businessmen in favour of a different kind of modernity