Joseph Antaki

Joseph Antaki

Historia

Joseph has been writing, directing and producing since 1989. His work has been shown on television and in film festivals.

Perfil

Joseph Antaki

Películas

The Sticky Side of Baklava
Jean
The uneventful middle-class life of Lebanese sisters Houwayda and Joëlle spirals into turmoil after Houwayda announces that she is accompanying Pierre, her Québecker husband, on a sabbatical year in France.
My Very Own Circus
Monsieur Stiff
A girl who comes from a long line of circus performers tries to fulfill her dream of going to private school.
The Great Traveller
Edgar
Edgar, an acclaimed travel writer, convinces his old friend and colleague, Bill, to join him on a final trip to a mysterious institute, to write the sequel to the bestseller they co-wrote 20 years ago. Weak, quiet and beaten down by time, Bill suffers a perilous stay under the control of the institute’s executive committee.
Malek
Head chef
A Lebanese immigrant living in Montreal is haunted by his sister's death.
My Guys
Sam
My Guys is a light-hearted comedy revolving around the trials and tribulations of Georgette and her entourage of gay men. This twenty-nine year old, full figured waitress is rather content with her lot until an unwelcomed guest blows her little world to pieces. Enter Janine Theresa Douglas directly from the pages of a fashion magazine. She is tall, skinny and loves to drink...the ideal woman! And she wants Georgette's guys, but Georgette doesn't take the challenge lying down. She hatches a plan to rid herself of this interloper, but the outcome is not necessarily the one Georgette had anticipated.
My Guys
Screenplay
My Guys is a light-hearted comedy revolving around the trials and tribulations of Georgette and her entourage of gay men. This twenty-nine year old, full figured waitress is rather content with her lot until an unwelcomed guest blows her little world to pieces. Enter Janine Theresa Douglas directly from the pages of a fashion magazine. She is tall, skinny and loves to drink...the ideal woman! And she wants Georgette's guys, but Georgette doesn't take the challenge lying down. She hatches a plan to rid herself of this interloper, but the outcome is not necessarily the one Georgette had anticipated.
My Guys
Director
My Guys is a light-hearted comedy revolving around the trials and tribulations of Georgette and her entourage of gay men. This twenty-nine year old, full figured waitress is rather content with her lot until an unwelcomed guest blows her little world to pieces. Enter Janine Theresa Douglas directly from the pages of a fashion magazine. She is tall, skinny and loves to drink...the ideal woman! And she wants Georgette's guys, but Georgette doesn't take the challenge lying down. She hatches a plan to rid herself of this interloper, but the outcome is not necessarily the one Georgette had anticipated.
Confessions of a Fag Hag
Director
Georgette, the resident fag hag, hatches a plan to get rid of a rival, but the outcome is not what she had anticipated…
The Valley of Tears
Joseph
Marie, a Canadian editor specialized in testimonies of Genocide survivors, starts to receive anonymous large envelopes with the narrative of Ali, a young Palestinian who grew up in a refugee camp in Lebanon. Intrigued, Marie investigates the origin of these envelopes and finds out who is the anonymous writer. This is how she establishes a connection with Joseph, a Lebanese worker hired to paint the offices. A strange relation develops between these two persons who come from very different worlds. But after a while, Joseph abruptly disappears and Marie, overwhelmed by the mission fallen on her, starts a journey into the past, through a small village in Lebanon, in the heart of a bloodthirsty culture were lies the key of all the enigmas.
The Terrorist Next Door
Mohamed
A dramatization inspired by the real-life events surrounding the recruitment and capture of Ahmed Ressam - aka the "Millennium Bomber". Ressam was convicted of smuggling a bomb into the United States as part of an Al Qaeda plot to blow up Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve, 1999.
Cairo Calling
Director
Ahmed is in for the shock of his life when his mother calls from Cairo to announce her imminent visit to Montreal . He has to clean up his act to get ready for her arrival. He convinces his entourage to play along for the duration of her stay, telling them that the visit is a short one. But Mother has other plans... She is a woman on a mission and is ready to stay for as long as it takes for her to see it through. In fact, she has an open ticket! Ahmed's patience as well as his friends' will be severely tested as his mother tries to bring her old world values into their lives. But she too will get tested when she realizes the true meaning of the old saying : be careful what you wish for, it may just come true...
Amar peligrosamente
Rebel
El cómodo mundo de Sarah Jordan (Angelina Jolie), una ingenua americana residente en Londres, da un vuelco cuando Nick Callahan (Clive Owen) se cuela en un baile para recaudar fondos y hace un apasionado alegato a favor de los niños hambrientos de África. Atraída por Nick y su causa, Sarah abandona las comodidades de su residencia londinense para viajar a aquel destrozado continente, decidida a ver la realidad del mundo y experimentar la pasión que Nick ha despertado en ella. Pero Sarah no tarda en darse cuenta de la dura realidad de la vida de Nick cuando ve las condiciones en las que trabaja. Asombrada por el peligro al que se enfrenta todos los días, Sarah se compromete cada vez más con este hombre cautivador y absolutamente entregado a su trabajo. Sarah regresa a Londres y se dedica a recaudar fondos mientras intenta resucitar su matrimonio.
How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause
Abdoul
Pánico nuclear
Arab Doctor
En 1973, el ejército de Israel perdió un caza con un misil nuclear, abatido por fuerzas enemigas. No se volvió a saber del misil. 29 años después, un viejo árabe lo encuentra semienterrado y abandonado en el Golán, y se lo vende a un mercenario con conexiones con unos potentados neonazis. Al mismo tiempo, en Rusia, se produce un nuevo cambio de presidente, y el nuevo mandatario, apenas conocido, no despierta plena confianza para la CIA... Nueva y trepidante aventura del agente de la CIA Jack Ryan (interpretado ahora por Ben Affleck y al que anteriormente habían dado vida Alec Baldwin y Harrison Ford). La película tuvo su polémica al tratar el tema del terrorismo de forma apocalíptica cuando todavía estaba reciente el recuerdo del 11-S. Además, en la novela de Tom Clancy los terroristas eran fanáticos musulmanes, pero los productores decidieron "sustituirlos" por terroristas neonazis en la adaptación cinematográfica.