After the line was created, Tarek is now considered to live in West Beirut, as he is Muslim himself and is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar.

By accident, Tarek goes to an infamous brothel in the war-torn Zeytouni Quarter, meeting its legendary madam, Oum Walid.

A compilation of films and images from the war plays, showing Yasser Arafat, the Israeli invasion, Hafez al-Assad, and the American intervention.

The film ends with Tarek breaking down crying while listening to his father play a guitar, and remembering the good times he had before the war.

[3] Critic Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote a glowing review of the film stating "The film’s most resonant pleasure is the thrill Doueiri takes in ripping the veil off of contemporary Arab life... ”West Beirut” does meander a bit, yet it has a fractious, clear-eyed fusion of comedy, innocence, romance, and sudden danger.