Cinema
George Clooney’s Beirut Bank Heist Is Lebanon’s Ticket to the Oscars
Lebanon has picked Furies, a George Clooney-backed thriller about two sisters who rob a Beirut bank of their own frozen savings, for the international Oscar race.
Lebanon has picked Furies, a George Clooney-backed thriller about two sisters who rob a Beirut bank of their own frozen savings, for the international Oscar race.
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