Nicolas Khoury

“For half of my life, I used the camera as a confidant to film my video diary and my first amateur movies. This intimate film shows the strong and, at times, dysfunctional relationship that binds me to my mother and sister after the death of my father. My sister gets married and moves away from home leaving the single mother face to face with her son: “I don’t want your life to be a fiasco!” She tells me tenderly as I do not show interest in finding a wife. But her son is carrying a fear that she knows nothing about.”

Short documentary “Fiasco”
“Fiasco” penetrates the intimacy of Nicolas’ family and personal life. It monitors the strong yet shattered relationship between him and his mother and sister, following the death of his father. Combining footage from the films Nicolas made in his adolescence and excerpts from his photographic diaries, the documentary focuses primarily on his relationship with his mother who tries to accept and understand his homosexuality but simultaneously pushes him to marry a woman for fear he will end up lonely and alone. In scenes that are filled with spontaneity and humor, the documentary revisits ingrained attitudes in Lebanese and Arab societies on sexual orientation, marriage and solitude.