Pierre Carles’ documentary L’Affaire Abdallah examines the decades-long prosecution of Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. Through testimonies and archival documents, Carles traces the judicial campaign and media orchestration, and the geopolitical pressure behind an unusually long detention. The film balances forensic investigation with humane portraiture, using austere framing and archival textures to probe state power, memory and conviction. Stern yet empathetic, it foregrounds the persistence of political belief and the human cost of prolonged incarceration. In presence of director Pierre Carles.
