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Marcedes

Year: 
2011
Director: 
Hady Zaccak
Gener: 
Feature
Duration: 
68min
Country of Production: 
Lebanon
Category: 
Film Database
Distribution
Synoposis: 
This is the biography of the Mercedes Ponton the 180 model (1953-1962) which became a pop icon of the pre-war Lebanon and witnessed the transformations on the Lebanese scene. This is the story of a German "family" which became a Lebanese symbol through the decades. This is the History of Lebanon seen through automobiles labeled locally: "Marcedes". Marcedes: the story of a car, the story of a family, the story of a country.