00.00.50
Final Cut Pro countdown
00.01.01
Actresses hugging, preparing for performance
00.01.08
SUBTITLE
(Voice off camera)
Alright ladies, Im going to open the door, so keep your voices down
00.01.12
Carole Ammoun
Lebanese actress
Sitting in car
Well, were going to perform our play Hakeh Neswan in an hour and a half
00.01.17
Actresses backstage, clapping, prepping
00.01.27
Carole Ammoun
Lebanese actress
Sitting in car
Actually, we started last April, and then we had to stop in July because of the war... so we stopped 6 months, and we started again a month ago
Sepia shot / travelling shot from car window
Carole Ammoun
In car, filming with small camera
Voice off camera:
So when did you start acting?
00.01.44
Sepia shot / travelling shot from car window
I havent done so many things, but everything I did was a big project that really influenced my life or my personality
00.01.54
Carole and rest of actresses on stage
Carole performing in Women Talks
SUBTITLES
0159
When I am PMS-ing Please .
LEAVE ME ALONE!!!
02.08
DO YOU UNDERSTAND!!!!
02.13
I cant stand any of you
I cant stand anyone
0219
I cant even stand myself!!!
02.20
It wasnt me who invented the period
And I am NOT in control of my hormones!!! OK?
00.02.25
Lina Khoury
Lebanese theatre director
Interview
Cutaway shots of Lina rehearsing with the actresses
Im very passionate about theatre I went to the states, I did my MA, came back, wanted to do something usually when I decide to do a play it takes me so much time to decide what kind of play, because I wanted to talk to the audience
so I was wondering, and looking and searching till I remembered that I saw the Vagina Monologues when I was back in the states, and I really really liked it so I though Lets do it!
00.02.51
Lina interview
So I started adapting some of the monologues, and reading them to some of my friends, and they just laughed at me and said; where do you think youre living? Not in a hundred year will this go past it by the censorship
00.03.03
Performance of Women Talks
Actress walking across stage
SUBTITLE
03.03
Alright darling
03.07
What a beauty
SUBTITLES
03.10
Everyone wants to say hello to my triangle
Make sure its doing alright
And that its in good shape
03.19
But what if its not feeling well
And doesnt feel like talking??
00.03.26
Carole in back of car
Travelling shots from car window barbed wire etc.
Beirut is a very chaotic city with a lot of different energies and influences so its good for everything if you know how to use it and if Beirut agrees
Voice off camera:
What is happening now in the country? What is the situation? How can you explain it?
Ive stopped trying to explain or to understand
00.03.52
Lina interview
Voice off camera:
How do you feel now, right across the street you have all these demonstrations happening, and here were talking about vaginas?
Travelling shot from car window, tents / demonstration
I feel like doing it there!
(laughter)
Because theres a set, there are lights, the sound is ready
00.04.07
Lina interview
Lets just go there and do it!... we can get a lot of the messages to the majority
Voice off camera:
Would you?
No, no its just a thought wishful thinking because we know exactly why we cant
00.04.20
Performance of Women Talks actresses on stage
SUBTITLES
04.20
Wont you please leave the poor little thing alone
04.23
Waxing, nasty words, tampons
And the string!!!
00.04.31
Anne Jo
Lebanese actress
Im really enjoying, especially my role and its about the woman, and all what she needs, and all her secrets Im really enjoying that
00.04.45
Nada Abu Farhat
Lebanese actress
Im so proud of it Im so proud that I can do it cause the women, most of them, are afraid to talk about these problems.
00.04.55
Zainab Assaf
Lebanese actress
Definitely a message, a message for mankind not only women and to talk to release, to be yourself
SUBTITLE
(Actress puts in a small Arabic phrase in between saying be yourself)
05.05
Thats the most important thing
Be yourself
00.05.08
Performance of Women Talks
Actress doing monologue
SUBTITLES
05.09
One day, I decided to look at it
05.17
And I never did it again!!!
00.05.21
Lina interview
Some of the stories are exactly how they happened with me or with somebody else I know, or some of them are little stories gathered from different women and put into one main story but all of them are real, all of them are for Lebanese women in the Vagina Monologues, its the vagina talking, here its social problems, leading to sexual problems, cause youre a woman, born in this body, facing this culture etc etc
00.05.47
Carole in car
I met a woman, she told me she came to see the play with her boyfriend her fiancée it was an arranged marriage. After she saw the play, she left her fiancé so I think yes, we might be doing something important
00.06.04
Hizbollah demonstrator
SUSBTITLE
What are women suffering from?
06.06
They have more rights than ever
06.11
You should be asking what men are suffering from!
00.06.16
Performance of Women Talks
Acrtresses on stage
SUBTITLE
For Gods sake who invented the string?
06.21
What exactly is the pleasure
of having something stuck to your behind all the time?
06.29
They hate it when a woman is happy & comfortable
Even when it comes to the most intimate things
06.35
Theyre always sticking there heads
where they dont belong
00.06.40
Vox Pops with audience as they leave the theatre
Man 1
SUBTITLE
A show not to be missed!
00.06.42
Old Woman
SUBTITLE
Its removing womens inhibitions
06.47
They have the courage to say what we all think & dont admit
00.06.50
Man 2
Very much related to the Lebanese community, so people could relate to it
00.06.55
Woman in headscarf
SUBTITLE
Its spot on
06.58
Presenters question:
SUBTITLE
what about how it fits into the situation in the country today?
07.03
Woman in headscarf
SUBTITLE
Its great
00.07.04
Woman with long black hair
SUBTITLE
Even as a woman, they discussed things Im too shy to speak about
07.08
There are certain feelings we need to express
07.13
Or else the biggest lover of women wouldnt know about them
00.07.15
End of performance
Actresses bowing on stage
(Audience clapping)
00.09.04
Final Cut Pro Countdwon
Followed by version of the film with subtitles and graphics
Final Cut Pro countdown
00.01.01
Actresses hugging, preparing for performance
00.01.08
SUBTITLE
(Voice off camera)
Alright ladies, Im going to open the door, so keep your voices down
00.01.12
Carole Ammoun
Lebanese actress
Sitting in car
Well, were going to perform our play Hakeh Neswan in an hour and a half
00.01.17
Actresses backstage, clapping, prepping
00.01.27
Carole Ammoun
Lebanese actress
Sitting in car
Actually, we started last April, and then we had to stop in July because of the war... so we stopped 6 months, and we started again a month ago
Sepia shot / travelling shot from car window
Carole Ammoun
In car, filming with small camera
Voice off camera:
So when did you start acting?
00.01.44
Sepia shot / travelling shot from car window
I havent done so many things, but everything I did was a big project that really influenced my life or my personality
00.01.54
Carole and rest of actresses on stage
Carole performing in Women Talks
SUBTITLES
0159
When I am PMS-ing Please .
LEAVE ME ALONE!!!
02.08
DO YOU UNDERSTAND!!!!
02.13
I cant stand any of you
I cant stand anyone
0219
I cant even stand myself!!!
02.20
It wasnt me who invented the period
And I am NOT in control of my hormones!!! OK?
00.02.25
Lina Khoury
Lebanese theatre director
Interview
Cutaway shots of Lina rehearsing with the actresses
Im very passionate about theatre I went to the states, I did my MA, came back, wanted to do something usually when I decide to do a play it takes me so much time to decide what kind of play, because I wanted to talk to the audience
so I was wondering, and looking and searching till I remembered that I saw the Vagina Monologues when I was back in the states, and I really really liked it so I though Lets do it!
00.02.51
Lina interview
So I started adapting some of the monologues, and reading them to some of my friends, and they just laughed at me and said; where do you think youre living? Not in a hundred year will this go past it by the censorship
00.03.03
Performance of Women Talks
Actress walking across stage
SUBTITLE
03.03
Alright darling
03.07
What a beauty
SUBTITLES
03.10
Everyone wants to say hello to my triangle
Make sure its doing alright
And that its in good shape
03.19
But what if its not feeling well
And doesnt feel like talking??
00.03.26
Carole in back of car
Travelling shots from car window barbed wire etc.
Beirut is a very chaotic city with a lot of different energies and influences so its good for everything if you know how to use it and if Beirut agrees
Voice off camera:
What is happening now in the country? What is the situation? How can you explain it?
Ive stopped trying to explain or to understand
00.03.52
Lina interview
Voice off camera:
How do you feel now, right across the street you have all these demonstrations happening, and here were talking about vaginas?
Travelling shot from car window, tents / demonstration
I feel like doing it there!
(laughter)
Because theres a set, there are lights, the sound is ready
00.04.07
Lina interview
Lets just go there and do it!... we can get a lot of the messages to the majority
Voice off camera:
Would you?
No, no its just a thought wishful thinking because we know exactly why we cant
00.04.20
Performance of Women Talks actresses on stage
SUBTITLES
04.20
Wont you please leave the poor little thing alone
04.23
Waxing, nasty words, tampons
And the string!!!
00.04.31
Anne Jo
Lebanese actress
Im really enjoying, especially my role and its about the woman, and all what she needs, and all her secrets Im really enjoying that
00.04.45
Nada Abu Farhat
Lebanese actress
Im so proud of it Im so proud that I can do it cause the women, most of them, are afraid to talk about these problems.
00.04.55
Zainab Assaf
Lebanese actress
Definitely a message, a message for mankind not only women and to talk to release, to be yourself
SUBTITLE
(Actress puts in a small Arabic phrase in between saying be yourself)
05.05
Thats the most important thing
Be yourself
00.05.08
Performance of Women Talks
Actress doing monologue
SUBTITLES
05.09
One day, I decided to look at it
05.17
And I never did it again!!!
00.05.21
Lina interview
Some of the stories are exactly how they happened with me or with somebody else I know, or some of them are little stories gathered from different women and put into one main story but all of them are real, all of them are for Lebanese women in the Vagina Monologues, its the vagina talking, here its social problems, leading to sexual problems, cause youre a woman, born in this body, facing this culture etc etc
00.05.47
Carole in car
I met a woman, she told me she came to see the play with her boyfriend her fiancée it was an arranged marriage. After she saw the play, she left her fiancé so I think yes, we might be doing something important
00.06.04
Hizbollah demonstrator
SUSBTITLE
What are women suffering from?
06.06
They have more rights than ever
06.11
You should be asking what men are suffering from!
00.06.16
Performance of Women Talks
Acrtresses on stage
SUBTITLE
For Gods sake who invented the string?
06.21
What exactly is the pleasure
of having something stuck to your behind all the time?
06.29
They hate it when a woman is happy & comfortable
Even when it comes to the most intimate things
06.35
Theyre always sticking there heads
where they dont belong
00.06.40
Vox Pops with audience as they leave the theatre
Man 1
SUBTITLE
A show not to be missed!
00.06.42
Old Woman
SUBTITLE
Its removing womens inhibitions
06.47
They have the courage to say what we all think & dont admit
00.06.50
Man 2
Very much related to the Lebanese community, so people could relate to it
00.06.55
Woman in headscarf
SUBTITLE
Its spot on
06.58
Presenters question:
SUBTITLE
what about how it fits into the situation in the country today?
07.03
Woman in headscarf
SUBTITLE
Its great
00.07.04
Woman with long black hair
SUBTITLE
Even as a woman, they discussed things Im too shy to speak about
07.08
There are certain feelings we need to express
07.13
Or else the biggest lover of women wouldnt know about them
00.07.15
End of performance
Actresses bowing on stage
(Audience clapping)
00.09.04
Final Cut Pro Countdwon
Followed by version of the film with subtitles and graphics