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Oliver Twist
Antoinette Asmar · 2022
Elio El Hajj, Sarah Bassil, Serena Bassil, Christina Faddoul, Charbel Reyfouni
Drama · Crime · 102min · AR
Oliver, an orphan in a Victorian workhouse, escapes to London where he joins a gang of child pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin. As he navigates the city's underworld, he uncovers the brutal realities of poverty and exploitation faced by abandoned children.
Cindy says
Asmar's take on Dickens feels more like a student film than a reimagining—earnest but dramatically flat, with uneven performances that can't quite anchor the familiar story. The Lebanese setting is an interesting choice, yet the execution doesn't justify departing from the source material's Victorian specificity.
— cindy_ath
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