Elias Rahbani : l’étoile libre de la musique arabe.

Dans l’univers immense de la musique orientale, un nom continue de résonner avec une tendresse particulière : Elias Rahbani. Un documentaire sensible et vibrant, réalisé par Feyrouz Serhal, lui rend hommage. Pas comme un simple compositeur, mais comme un poète du son, un homme amoureux, un esprit libre, un maître des émotions.
Des entretiens intimes.

Le film repose sur des entretiens intimes avec les membres de sa famille, ses fils, ses proches, ses collaborateurs. Une parole précieuse, offerte avec pudeur et tendresse. Mais une voix manque… celle de son épouse, son grand amour, discrète, absente à l’écran, mais si présente dans les souvenirs évoqués. À travers les silences, elle devient l’ombre fidèle, la muse invisible, celle pour qui il a tant écrit.
Elias Rahbani, un homme lumineux.
Je me souviens d’une rencontre ancienne, brève mais marquante que j’ai eu avec lui alors que j’interviewais Ghassan, son fils. Il avait ce regard doux, presque mélancolique, qui rappelait toute la tendresse d’un père. Elias Rahbani, c’était un homme lumineux, positif, romantique, toujours prêt à insuffler l’espoir dans une mélodie.

Un documentaire ; une quête poétique à l’image de l’homme.
La réalisatrice a choisi une approche subtile : tout au long du documentaire, deux personnages symboliques traversent les villages du Metn à bord d’une vieille décapotable jaune. Ils rêvent… comme s’ils cherchaient Elias dans les collines, dans les rues, dans les souvenirs. Une quête poétique à l’image de l’homme : libre, errante, musicale.
Une carrière exceptionnelle.


Le film dévoile une carrière exceptionnelle. Elias Rahbani, c’est plus de 2 500 œuvres : chansons, musiques de films, génériques publicitaires, hymnes politiques. Une mosaïque d’influences et de styles qui formait sa propre école musicale, différente de celle de ses frères, mais tout aussi influente. Il a ouvert la musique arabe à des horizons modernes, sans jamais renier ses racines.
On y entend les grandes voix qu’il a portées (Feirouz, Sabah, Samira Toufic, Hoda, Taroub, Wadih el Safi, Nasri Shamassedine et bien d’autres), les musiques qui ont marqué des générations. Et l’on découvre les nombreux prix et distinctions qu’il a reçus. Mais le documentaire n’oublie pas la fin. Elias est parti, emporté par l’Alzheimer, cette maladie qui éteint lentement la mémoire, mais jamais l’âme.

Pourtant, sa musique vit. Dans les rues de Beyrouth, dans les vieux transistors, dans les cœurs de ceux qui l’ont aimé. Et grâce à ce film, Elias Rahbani continue de parler. Avec ses notes, son silence. Avec ce langage universel qu’est la musique.
Une déclaration d’amour.
Ce documentaire n’est pas seulement un portrait : c’est une déclaration d’amour à un homme qui a su faire danser les mots et les cœurs, et dont l’héritage vibrera encore longtemps sous les cèdres du Liban.

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