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Maryanne Zéhil

Maryanne Zéhil

Can. 2025. Drama by Maryanne Zéhil. Five major events in the Lebanese war, seen through the eyes of a Lebanese woman who was exiled by her mother to Quebec in 1975.

The Sticky Side of Baklava

V.O.: La Face cachée du baklava
Can. 2020. Comedy by Maryanne Zéhil with Claudia Ferri, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Raia Haidar. Various incidents and misunderstandings reveal the cultural gap between a Lebanese woman and her Quebecois husband, several days before their departure for France.
Runtime: 95 min.
Can. 2015. Psychological drama by Maryanne Zéhil with Arsinée Khanjian, Raia Haidar, Béatrice Moukhaiber. The parallel destinies of a Lebanese woman depending on whether or not she managed to immigrate to Canada in November 1974.
Runtime: 79 min.

The Valley of Tears

V.O.: La Vallée des larmes
Can. 2012. Drama by Maryanne Zéhil with Nathalie Coupal, Joseph Antaki, Nathalie Mallette. A Lebanese immigrant convinces a Montreal publisher to publish his memories of the Sabra and Chatila massacre.
Runtime: 95 min.
Can. 2006. Psychological drama by Maryanne Zéhil with Louise Portal, Renée Thomas, Hélène Mercier. When her father dies, a young Lebanese woman comes to Montreal to find her mother who abandoned her 17 years earlier.

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