Karim Chammas returns to Lebanon, his family, and his past after ten
years of establishing a new life in France. Back in Beirut, Karim
reacquaints himself with his brother Nassim, now married to his former
love Hind, and old friends from the leftist political circles within
which he once roamed under the nom de guerre Sinalcol. By the end of his
six-month stay, he has been reintroduced to the chaos of cultural,
religious and political battles that continue to rage in Lebanon.
Overwhelmed by the experiences of his return, Karim is forced to
contemplate his identity and his place in Lebanon's history. The story
of Karim and his family is born of other stories that intertwine to form
an imposing fresco of Lebanese society over the past fifty years.
Broken Mirrors examines the roots of an endemic civil war and a
country's unsettled past.