A Feeling Greater Than Love (2017): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2017, A Feeling Greater Than Love is a documentary film directed by Mary Jirmanus Saba, running about 99 minutes.

What it’s about. A car with a loudspeaker on its roof is driving through southern Lebanon. The old man at the wheel is calling for people to join a demonstration to support their brothers and sisters who’ve occupied a tobacco company and are now being besieged by the army. His words come from the past, as he’s referring to events from 1973 – events that few remember today. Neither the protests made by the tobacco farmers from the south against the large landholders’ monopoly nor the strike for better working conditions by workers at a Beirut chocolate factory are anchored in the country’s collective memory. All recollection of this social movement was erased by the civil war and society has since been marked by deep sectarian divisions.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch A Feeling Greater Than Love page.

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