Rabih Mroué
Rabih Mroué (Arabic: ربيع مروة, born 1967) is a Lebanese stage and film actor, playwright, and visual artist. Rooted in theater, his work includes videos and installation art; the latter sometimes incorporates photography, text and sculpture.
Biography
Born in Beirut, Mroué lives in Hazmieh, Lebanon. He graduated in theater in 1989 from Lebanese University, where he met his wife, Lina Saneh.
He has been creating theater pieces since 1990. Theater in Beirut revived in the years after the Lebanese Civil War, but Mroué and Saneh, who frequently collaborate, were among the first to push into avant-garde territory (and away from European influences), using venues such as the Russian Cultural Center, makeshift halls, and private homes. His works since the late 1990s "blur and confound the boundaries between theater and the visual arts", often using screens and projected images. Writing in the New York Times about Mroué's theater group, Kaelen Wilson-Goldie commented that "they are to Beirut what the Wooster Group is to New York: a blend of avant-garde innovation, conceptual complexity and political urgency, all grounded in earthy humor."
Mroue, Rabih Filmography
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2013, role: actor , character name: Michel
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2013, role: writer
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2009, role: writer
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2008, role: actor , character name: Le chauffeur
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2005, role: director
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2005, role: director
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2003, role: writer
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2003, role: actor
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2003, role: writer
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2002, role: actor , character name: Tarek
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2002, role: actor
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1999, role: actor
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1998, role: actor
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My love will live for ever and ever
So softly, softly come to me
Touch my lips so tenderly
Softly, softly turn the key
And open up my heart
Softly, softly turn the key