During the 1982 invasion of Lebanon at a private school on the outskirts of Beirut, 11-year-old Wissam tries to tell a classmate about his crush on her, while his teachers on different …See full summary »
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This war drama is set during the Israeli 1982 invasion of Lebanon at a private school on the outskirts of Beirut. The protagonist is 11-year-old Wissam (bright eyed Mohamad Dalli) who tells a classmate about his crush on a girl, while his teachers — on different sides of the political divide — try to mask their fears, in this poignant debut feature from Oualid Mouaness.
The film will attract audiences for its main actress Nadine Labaki (she directed CAPERNAUM) who plays a schoolteacher Yesmine. Mouaness occasionally captures the urgency of the evacuation of the…
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