L’Orient Le Jour

“…a masterpiece of documentary filmmaking. The film reveals the strength of the human instinct of survival and resistance to violence in this part of the Lebanese people. Remnants of a War is a prime example of an act of cultural resistance.”

- Marc Makary, L’Orient Le Jour

The Village Voice

“With intense visual and moral clarity, Remnants of a War reveals the absurd tragedy of people in the region making a living dismantling explosives that have been scattered across terrain no longer safe for farming or play. Though it acknowledges both Israel and Hezbollah’s violations of international laws of war, Jawad Metni’s moving eye-opener, which ends on a strikingly poetic grace note, fiercely calls out Israel’s flamboyant military might .”

- Ed Gonzales, The Village Voice

filmcritic.com

“…the deminers he follows are a lively and motley crew more given to goofing around than bemoaning their fate. Though as the camera tracks repeatedly over the rolling, olive-drab hills, covered in beautiful shady groves hiding the can-sized bombs that make so many Lebanese terrified of freely walking in their own country, the film speaks volumes about the fate of civilians caught in the crossfire.”

- Chris Barsanti, filmcritic.com

filmjournal.com

“With his insider view, Metni is able to explain the complicated economic and social meltdown of Lebanese society through the travails of the de-miners. Through them, Metni reveals the uncertain future of a Lebanon where the generation that should be running the country is struggling to survive.”

- Maria Garcia, filmjournal.com

Ali and Mariam, young deminers saving up to buy a house and get married.