Lebanese Film "THE INSULT" Receives High Praise and Worthy of a Noble Peace Prize

The Lebanese language film THE INSULT is incredibly powerful, intelligent, relevant, stirring, thought provoking and riveting.  THE INSULT is in an elite category of movie making that gives the medium an omnipotent ability to move us, shame us, inspire us and see ourselves & reflect on our humanity & proclivities towards hate, carnage & atrocities.  The film takes place in Beruit where a multi-apartment building is under construction.  Dir/screenwriter Ziad Doueiri (b Beirut 1963) is a master of his craft & a movie maker whose intelligent script & indelible images pierce the soul. searing insights into human nature's proclivities, our past histories & future possibilities.  Living in an apt. alongside the construction is Tony (a superlative Adel Karan).  Tony is a man of pride (perhaps too much).  He's obdurate, volatile, irreverent, relentless & resistant to change.  He runs an auto mechanic shop & is looking forward to the arrival of the birth of their daughter.  His beautiful, sensible & steadfast wife, Hanah (Lebanese actress Rita Hayek in a tour-de-force performance).  The stability, heart & sensibility all stemmed from the women.  From the ruling judge on the court, the female atty. &  Hanah and the wife of Tony's Palestinian nemesis, Yasser (Kamal El Basha whose performance is miraculous).  The title "The Insult" is the initial incubus for the escalating, cataclysmic & revelatory events of the film.  Yasser called Tony a "fucking prick" for his rudeness & destruction of a gutter he constructed off Tony's balcony.  Tony demands an apology from the man he already bears resentment for being a Palestinian worker in Lebanon.  The compilation of mounting egregious words & then physical violence leads to Tony demanding restitution in a court of law.  While both parties admit culpability on their part, the escalating confrontations boil over into a higher  courts.  The case captures media attention & public hysteria.  Douieiri considers human nature with its leanings towards violence, kindness & decency.   The media frenzy is agitating a mob mentality.  The local government authority tries to broker peace with only the two men in his chambers.   When the official is asked what is more important sincerity in forgiveness or stability.  "Stability every time" is the response.   Remembering the past is a means to controlling the future.  Feigned civilities can lead to harmonious co-existence.  Tony & Hanah's newborn & future generations deserve a world in which to thrive, flourish & live in peace. The power of words can change everything.   In this masterpiece of human turmoil, if only words of respect & tolerance could dominate over emotional, irrational behavior.  "THE INSULT" deserves an Oscar, a Pulitzer & Nobel Peace Prize.