Jannick Miklitz, Tony Harouni, Romy Melhem, Houssam Sabbah
Screened at Fantastic Fest - Internationale Hofer Filmtage - Dubai International Film Festival - Muscat International Film Festival (Silver Khanjar) - Regensburg Film Festival (Candis Award) - Batroun Film Festival (Best National Film) - Lebanese Film Festival (Best Fiction)
An automaton gifted unto Lebanon in 1945 survives today in an abandoned mansion somewhere in the capital. A young filmmaker investigates the history of this forgotten wonder of art and science and drags the giant creature out into modern day Beirut. There the discrepancy between Manivelle’s own memories of his vaunted past and the reality as recounted by those that knew him begins to unravel.