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October 6, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

1982 (2020)

NR 100 min - Drama, History, War - 1 October 2020

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"1982" is a life-affirming coming-of-age tale set at an idyllic school in Lebanon’s mountains on the eve of a looming invasion. It unfolds over a single day and follows an 11-year-old boy’s relentless quest to profess his love to a girl in his class. As the invasion encroaches on Beirut, it upends the day, threatening the entire country and its cohesion. Within the microcosm of the school, the film draws a harrowing portrait of a society torn between its desire for love and peace and the ideological schisms unraveling its seams...

May 23, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

Sukkar banat (2024)

— 96 min - Drama, Comedy, Romance, Woman Rights, Social Conflict - 6 October 2024

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In a beauty salon in Beirut the lives of five women cross paths. The beauty salon is a colorful and sensual microcosm where they share and entrust their hopes, fears and expectations. ** Idea by Nadine Labaki and Jihad Hujaily

Director:  Nadine Labaki

Writers:  Nadine Labaki, Rodney El Haddad & Jihad Hojeily

Stars:  Nadine Labaki (Layale), Adel Karam (Youssef / The policeman), Yasmine Al Massri (Nisrine), Joanna Moukarzel (Rima), Gisèle Aouad (Jamal), Sihame Haddad (Rose), Aziza Semaan (Lili / Rose's older sister), Fatmeh Safa (Siham / mysterious lady with...

April 19, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Capernaum (2018)

— 126 min - Drama - 20 September 2018

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Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.

Director:  Nadine Labaki

Writers:  Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Georges Khabbaz, Michelle Keserwany, Khaled Mouzanar

Stars:  Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shifera, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawsar Al Haddad, Fadi Kamel Yousef, Cedra Izzam, Alaa Chouchnieh, Elias Khoury, Nadine Labaki, Nour el Husseini, Joseph Jimbazian, Samira Chalhoub, Farah Hasno

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March 1, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

Where Do We Go Now? (2011)

— 110 min - Drama, Comedy - 14 September 2011

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On a remote, isolated, unnamed Lebanese village inhabited by both Muslims and Christians. The village is surrounded by land mines and only reachable by a small bridge. As civil strife engulfed the country, the women in the village learn of this fact and try, by various means and to varying success, to keep their men in the dark, sabotaging the village radio, then destroying the village TV.

Director:  Nadine Labaki

Stars:  Claude Msawbaa, Leyla Hakim, Nadine Labaki, Yvonne Maalouf, Antoinette Noufaily, Julian Farhat

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February 12, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

Perfect Strangers (2022)

— 99 min - Comedy, Drama - 20 January 2022

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Do we truly know one another? Every one of us has three lives: a public, a private and secret one. What we once stored in our memories is now being stored in our phones - what happens when these are made public?

Director:  Wissam Smayra

Stars:  Mona Zaki, Eyad Nassar, Nadine Labaki, Adel Karam, Diamand Bou Abboud, Georges Khabbaz, Fouad Yammine, Raymonde Saade Azar, Sinead Chaaya

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Do we truly know one another? Every one of us has three lives: a public, a private and secret one...