This is the biography of the Mercedes Ponton the 180 model (1953-1962) which became a pop icon of the prewar Lebanon and witnessed the transformations on the Lebanese scene. This is the History of Lebanon seen through automobiles labeled locally: ‘Marcedes’. Marcedes is the story of a car, the story of a family, the story of a country. Since he began making documentaries, Hady Zaccak has tried to make films that dissect the fabric of Lebanese society. His latest documentary Marcedes approaches modern Lebanese history from a new perspective. Through Mercedes cars, Zaccak takes us on a journey across Lebanon’s history from the 50s until today. He stops at many important historical junctures, including the civil war. We find the Mercedes car at checkpoints and frontlines, it was even detonated and boobytrapped. Zaccak did not forget the massacre perpetrated against many Mercedes family members near St. George Hotel on 14 February 2005, when former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was assassinated. Marcedes is a journey that resumes from a new angle the last 5 decades in the Lebanese history while mixing all kinds of formats, working on the archives and adding the fictional touch and interpretation to the documentary.