1982 2019 Directed by Oualid Mouaness
During the 1982 invasion of Lebanon at a posh Christian 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 sides of the political divide — try to mask their fears.
TIFF 2019 film# 15
I remember grade 6 quite well. There was a girl, Sandra, that I had a crush on. When I told her how I felt one night at the roller rink, she told me that she was flattered, but, we best keep this to ourselves. She began dating a Grade 8 boy. I was crushed.
Other than school and playing in the park, there wasn’t much more to grade 6 for me. Sure, I pined for Sandra, but there was no real insecurity in my life. I never had to deal with bombs being dropped around my neighbourhood.
First time Writer / Director, but long time Producer, Oualid Mouaness brings his Grade 6 reminiscence to the screen…
Being born in the mid-1990s, I wasn't alive during the Lebanese Civil War that started in 1975 and ended in 1990. Its ghost is still haunting us to this day, maybe now more than ever, but I can't even begin to imagine what life was like during these dark days. And since there are no official records to brief my generation about what happened then (the result of the country being governed today by the same warlords who led militias into battles against one another), all we can rely on are the memories of our parents, close ones, and other victims of the conflict.
"1982" serves as what I believe to be first-time director Oualid Mouaness' recollection of the day…
An Arab film with a rare beautiful soul, Great acting all around from Nadine to the kids but I was not ready for that ending.
watched this with Mimi.
Loved the ending, thought it was so well done in carrying through the childlike perspective whilst still holding a significant message of the importance of peace.
Just really liked it, a nice simple film with a really genuine message.
An interesting way of dealing with war in a film. Not putting it at the forefront of the story, but as a backdrop to a story of a young boy and his trivial pursuit of his crush. Seeing how the different characters react to the confusion of the impending doom was tough. Life was hard in 1982 Lebanon and it can't be any easier right now.
A few average perfomances let down an otherwise solid cast. The two main children (Mohammed Dalli and Gia Madi) were great and Nadine Labaki was excellent.
The Israeli invasion of Lebanon as the background to a young boy’s love for a girl in his class is one of the more intriguing premises that cropped up in this year’s film fest picks. Indeed that conceit may sound to some like an offensively facile way to tell such a story but while I am definitely divided on certain of the film’s stylistic flourishes, it is 95% of a flawless, unexpected mesh of the coming-of-age movie and the war movie. I mean, we’ve seen those genres together but certainly not in this way. Music video producer, Oualid Mouaness makes his feature film debut as writer/director, crafting an autobiographical film which – like Corpus Christi – skirts around the edges of melodrama but mercifully never fully goes there.
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NZIFF2020 #12: Young crush's are exciting, a new feeling combined with fear about what to do about it. It's hard at the best of times - I remember mine quite clearly when I was around 10 years old, yet I was never brave enough to say anything to anyone, let alone the girl I had a crush on. But one thing I recall is you don't stop thinking about your crush and how theoretically you could share your feelings.
1982 focuses on Wissam's experience of how to react to his crush and feelings for Joanna, while around him, his teachers are dealing with the threat of war about to break out close to their school in Lebanon. The kids know…
A well made film that captures the war that spread across Lebanon in 1982 from the perspective of a young boy and his school. What I really loved about this film was how the entire setting of the film was within the school. It really created a great atmosphere and expressed the turmoil the civilians went through during this tragic war. That final scene was a fantastic way to conclude the film, powerful indeed. Sadly a part of history I knew nothing about until watching this film.
"-Beato te che hai un fratello maggiore e puoi vedere i film americani in cui i protagonisti si baciano. Le mie sorelle come vedono un bacio spengono la tv e buttano la cassetta".
Un bella chicca, peccato che non uscirà mai in Italia. Molto bravi sia il regista che gli attori.
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Took me a while to go over my thoughts on this film but overall I really enjoyed it. Watching this film was a very personal and intimate experience. The story takes place during the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, where we're constantly switching between the point of view of the school staff who are aware of the situation in the country and unsure of what a very uncertain future holds for everyone, and that of the students where we get to experience the innocence of children who are more worried about school crushes, friendship... while somewhat being numb and used to the destruction going on around them. From a technical point of view this is a great film. The cinematography…
watched this with Mimi.
Loved the ending, thought it was so well done in carrying through the childlike perspective whilst still holding a significant message of the importance of peace.
Just really liked it, a nice simple film with a really genuine message.
Saw this in the cinema and was a bit underwhelmed.
The pacing was just too slow for my taste. Every shot is held for too long. It’s an hour and 40 and I think it could have easily been cut to an hour in post and it would have been much more engaging.
great film to watch in a cinema. nadine labaki on the big screen is <3 the pace is slow and a decent amount of this is dedicated to 10 second shots of inanimate objects with no characters in sight. i applied to go to the school where this was shot but ultimately decided not to so that was fun for me. but it was the best kind of campus for this and made me kinda regret my decision. oh and and!!! that sequence at the end of the film... i loved it sosoososo much damn :(
Being born in the mid-1990s, I wasn't alive during the Lebanese Civil War that started in 1975 and ended in 1990. Its ghost is still haunting us to this day, maybe now more than ever, but I can't even begin to imagine what life was like during these dark days. And since there are no official records to brief my generation about what happened then (the result of the country being governed today by the same warlords who led militias into battles against one another), all we can rely on are the memories of our parents, close ones, and other victims of the conflict.
"1982" serves as what I believe to be first-time director Oualid Mouaness' recollection of the day…
Although it’s not a unique or new topic in Lebanese Cinema, I was happy to see how “1982” was able to successfully portray War from this perspective. The movie is full of mixed emotions and knew how to trigger the right feelings at the right moment... well most of the time!!! Nadine Labaki was the best element in this film, I really like her as an actress and here she beautifully portrayed this complex character. I have to admit that the script gave her some crucial moments and she didn’t waste any of them. I haven’t seen all her movies yet but I can say that this is one of her best performances. Her chemistry with Rodrigue Sleiman really worked…
An Arab film with a rare beautiful soul, Great acting all around from Nadine to the kids but I was not ready for that ending.
Initially I was going to watch Noura Rêve but when I went to the movies they told me the last 7 minutes of it aren't there and the subtitles are in French. But then they offered to play whatever I want.
They had Tenet, you'll die at 20, 1982 and the personal history of David Copperfield.
So I picked 1982 and it's the best decision I've made in a while
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