One of the most popular Lebanese films of the late 1990s, Around the Pink House is a story that explores the changing urban landscape of Beirut after the Civil War. La maison rose (the pink house) is an old mansion in Beirut where the Nawfal family found shelter during the Civil War. Unfortunately for them, their immediate environment is rapidly changing, as many of the old shell-ridden buildings are being torn down and replaced by new construction projects. When Mattar, the owner of the pink house, decides to sell it to make room for a large commercial centre, the residents of the neighbourhood become divided between the shopkeepers and businessmen in favour of a different kind of modernity.

Deux familles libanaises ont trouvé refuge au début de la guerre civile dans un palais désaffecté de Beyrouth, « La maison rose ». Dans le cadre de la reconstruction, le nouveau propriétaire leur donne dix jours pour quitter la maison, qu’il veut transformer en centre commercial. Les habitants du quartier se divisent, entre avenir et nostalgie.