One Last Time

Karim Rahbani

Lebanon / 2024 / Fiction / 20’0”I2505026

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SYNOPSIS

LogLine: Toufic, a loner is his 80's, has a late-life crisis when a young attractive neighbor mistakes his house for another, awakening in him a long asleep passion for life. SYNOPSIS Toufic, a widower in his 80s, lives alone in his house. A state of routine and emptiness dominates his life until a charming woman mistakenly knocks on his door, breaking this monotony and turning his life upside down. This random visit awakens dormant feelings and emotions within him, creating a sense of vitality and strange activity, stirring up youthful and sexual masculine instincts in him that were on the verge of disappearing. While reminiscing and recalling the past, he searches through his old personal belongings for papers, letters, and numbers of old girlfriends. All attempts fail, leading Toufic to ask Roni, the son of the neighborhood shop owner, if he happened to see the woman. Roni, a young man in his twenties, uncovers the hidden depths of Toufic's heart and convinces him to download a dating application. Toufic begins searching and exploring the platform, but he struggles to use it properly. So, Roni ends up giving him the address of a brothel. There, late at night, Toufic meets a girl from the world of pleasure. The situation is embarrassing and confusing, and suddenly he bursts into uncontrollable laughter, causing her to join him as her laughter grows. The absurdity of the situation has them connect on a different level than both had expected.

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