''Costa Brava, Lebanon'' () is a 2021 internationally co-produced

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directed by Mounia Akl from a screenplay by Akl and

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. It stars

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, Nadia Charbel, Ceana Restom, Geana Restom, Liliane Chacar Khoury, Yumna Marwan and Francois Nour. It had its world premiere at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival on September 5, 2021. It was selected as the Lebanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the

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. This film also nominated for New Talent Award at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2021.

Plot

In a near future, Soraya and Walid build an idyllic life in the mountains, far from the disorder and pollution of

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, capital of Lebanon. There, they live with one of their parents and their two children — until installation of a supposedly ecological landfill disrupts their harmony.

Cast

as Soraya *

as Walid * Nadia Charbel as Tala * Ceana Restom as Rim * Geana Restom as Rim * Liliane Chacar Khoury * Yumna Marwan *Francois Nour

Production

In July 2021, it was announced

and

had joined the cast of the film, with Mounia Akl, directing from a screenplay she wrote alongside

Release

The film premiered at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival on September 5, 2021. It was also screened at the

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on September 11, 2021. At TIFF, it won the NETPAC Prize. Screened at the 18th

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(SEFF) on 7 November 2021, the film won the festival's Grand Jury Prize ex aequo with '' Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle''. In June 2022,

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acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film, and set it for a July 15, 2022, release.

Reception

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, the film holds an approval rating of 90% based on 29 reviews, with an average rating of 7.60/10.

References

External links

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