2019 Directed by Oualid Mouaness
During the 1982 invasion of Lebanon at a secular mixed school in the mountains above 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.
Fouad Mikati Georges Schoucair Christopher Tricarico Oualid Mouaness David A. Smith Myriam Sassine Candice Abela-Mikati Alix Madigan-Yorkin
Nineteen Eighty Two
فيلم لبناني آخر ممتع من جميع النواحي، في اليوم المشؤوم للاجتياح الإسرائيلي لبيروت تدور أحداث الفيلم في مدرسة هادئة في كنف الطبيعة وقصة صبي مغرم بزميلته في الصف. نجح الفيلم في نقل أجواء التوتر في الخارج المتباينة مع براءة الأطفال داخل المدرسة. يأسرك الفيلم بأجوائه، فتارة تبتسم وتارة تحزن، تشعر بالخوف والفرح والتوتر والأسى. إخراج جميل وتمثيل ممتاز للراشدين والأطفال على حد سواء. نادين لبكي ورودريغ سليمان محترفان كالعادة والفيلم لا تشوبه شائبة من حيث التمثيل والإخراج والقصة. أمر آخر جعلني أتسمر لمشاهدة الفيلم وأنا بمنتهى السعادة وهو النوستالجيا التي خلقها بداخلي. ليست نوستالجيا الحرب بطبيعة الحال لأنني كنت أبلغ سنة واحدة وقت الاجتياح بل نوستالجيا الحب الأول في المدرسة. كنت في عمر البطل عندما أحببت كارين الأولى على الصف والجميلة دائمًا وكتبت ورقة ودسستها في حقيبتها معترفًا لها بحبي وأبقيت مشاعري بداخلي لسنتين حتى وشا لها زميل لنا بحقيقة مشاعري نحوها فالتفتت إليّ وقالت كلمتين: "لا تحلم!" كانت تلك أول وآخر فتاة أحببتها. مشاهدة ممتعة للجميع.
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…
- ماما، مين عم يتقاتلوا فوق روؤسنا!
الاسرائيلين والسوريين
- ومين منهن معنا؟
ولا حدا
اعتقد ان لبنان هى البلد الوحيدة حاليا فى الشرق الى بتقدم فن حقيقى، ومستمره على نهج ثابت، وانا بستمتع بكل عمل لهم وبيحفر مكانه خاصة فى قلبى
I dont really know what to say,
Tears...
I cant imagine how much our parents suffered, how horrible their life was.
Im truly speechless, this movie broke my heart, this movie reminded me of 2006.
We, the Lebanese, went through very bad situations,
We are still suffering, as if we were born to suffer.
Beirut my love as we rebuilt you before, we will rebuild u again❤️
We are trying our best to survive eventhough there is no reason to.
We don’t deserve this, we really don’t.
The love of Joanna and Wassim in the movie shows how sober, how powerful, how strong we are, and that we don’t give up. Tigron represents our hope.
We have hope.
Lebanon ❤️
Give this movie an Oscar.
I like the juxtaposition of playground drama with the backdrop of war. I love that the kids aren't depicted as being ignorant to the latter because of their preoccupation with the former.
This film kinda reminds me of Au revoir les enfants.
This is a beautiful yet devastating film about war told in such a unique way.
سألوني شو صاير ببلد العيد"
مزروعة عالداير نار و بواريد
قلتلن بلدنا عم يخلق جديد
"لبنان الكرامة و الشعب العنيد
Review by Eric Hillis
When I was a kid in the 1980s, "Beirut" was a pejorative term used to describe a "bad" neighbourhood. I lived on an estate that had a bad reputation, and whenever I invited classmates over to my house they would usually refuse, claiming my neighbourhood was "like Beirut." Sure, my estate was home to some dodgy characters, and my friends' fathers would often suspiciously disappear for long "stretches" of time, but as a resident I never felt personally endangered living there. None of us could point Lebanon out on a map, never mind having any understanding of the nuances of the ongoing conflict in the region - it was just a place that chain-smoking presenters on…
