{"id":35464,"date":"2014-08-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/directory\/secret-ballot-film-screening-at-metropolis"},"modified":"2014-08-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T00:00:00","slug":"secret-ballot-film-screening-at-metropolis","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/secret-ballot-film-screening-at-metropolis\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Secret Ballot&#8217; Film Screening at Metropolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lebanese people have been struggling with a fragile democracy ever since its independence. Today, even more so than during the darkest days of the civil war, the foundations of democracy are at risk. The world is full of stories about the human struggle for self-determination and democratic participation. Broadening our perspective serves our effort to improve the quality of the political system in Lebanon. <\/p>\n<p>  The films this year share stories from different countries, all of which portray the election process. Collectively, they reveal a combination of human values and ideals and the efforts politicians make to win an election.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>Secret Ballot (Raye Makhfi)<\/b><br \/>  2001, 123 min, Fiction\/Comedy, in Persian with English subtitles, Italy\/Canada\/Switzerland\/Iran<br \/>  Directed by Babak Payami<br \/>  Cast: Nassim Abdi, Cyrus Abidi, Youssef Habashi<\/p>\n<p>  <b>For more information<\/b><br \/>  01.204.080<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lebanese people have been struggling with a fragile democracy ever since its independence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":358735,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-35464","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-screenings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Secret Ballot&#039; Film Screening at Metropolis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Lebanese people have been struggling with a fragile democracy ever since its independence.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/secret-ballot-film-screening-at-metropolis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Secret Ballot&#039; 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