Bosta (film)

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Bosta
Directed by	Philippe Aractingi
Produced by	Philippe Aractingi
Written by	Philippe Aractingi
Starring	Rodney el Haddad Nadine Labaki Nada Abou Farhat Omar Rajeh Liliane Nemri Bshara Atallah Mounir Malaeb Mahmoud Mabsout Rana Alamudin Karam Sabah Badr Haddad
Release date(s)	2005
Running time	142:00
Language	Arabic
Official website
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Bosta (English: The Autobus Arabic: Bosta — بوسطة) is a 2005 Lebanese film by the director Philippe Aractingi. Bosta is a story of young lebanese artists who meet again, after being separated, and tour different cities of Lebanon in an old bus, performing a techno version of the dabkeh that shocks conservatives, but moves forward towards the future. The British group, Afro Celts performed the soundtrack.^[1]

Quoting from the official site :

Bosta is a road musical that takes the audience on a wonderful journey across various Lebanese regions... a journey accompanied by a groundbreaking soundtrack and, of course, this truly pioneering dance, the electro-dabkeh.

Bosta was the best selling film in Lebanon in 2006.^[2] The movie was submitted as the official Lebanese entry in the 79th Academy Awards (Oscars) in the Best Foreign Language Film category.^[3]