A Sad and Beautiful World
Directed by: Cyril Aris
Starring: Mounia Akl, Hasan Akil, Julia Kassar, Camille Salameh
Synopsis: In this sweeping love story that spans three decades of friendship, passion, heartbreak, and hope, Nino, an eternal optimist, and Yasmina, an impulsive pragmatist, are drawn together by a magnetic relationship. Struggling with universal choices of adult life in the extraordinary circumstances of a country constantly ravaged by war, they are confronted with an impossible choice between love and survival. They must decide if they can build a family and chart a path to happiness in Lebanon, despite the tragedies ravaging their country, or if they should seize the opportunity for reinvention far from home.
