Set in modern-day Beirut, the story begins when (Adel Karam), a Lebanese Christian mechanic, and Yasser Abdallah Salameh (Kamel El Basha), a Palestinian Muslim construction foreman, clash over a faulty drainpipe.
: A stoic, dignified Palestinian refugee whose status in Lebanon is precarious, making him a target for institutional and verbal abuse. L’insulte (El insulto)
: Yasser attempts to fix an illegal pipe on Tony’s balcony. Tony, harboring intense prejudice against Palestinians, reacts with hostility and eventually hurls a verbal insult at Yasser. Set in modern-day Beirut, the story begins when