A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD
Across three decades, Nino and Yasmina are bound by a magnetic relationship. Torn between love and survival, they must decide whether to build a family in Lebanon, or leave their home amid the country's unfolding tragedies.
A film by Cyril Aris
PRODUCTION
Narrative Feature
Lebanon, United States, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, 2025
Status: Coming Soon
Sales: Paradise City
CREW
Director: Cyril Aris
Screenwriters: Cyril Aris, Bane Fakih
Producers: Georges Schoucair, Jennifer Goyne Blake, April Shih, Georg Neubert, Jasper Wiedhöft
Executive Producers: Katharina Otto-Bernstein, Ibrahim Badr, Anna-Nora Bernstein, Sean Fannan, Daren Gill, Habib Haddad, D.J. Jiang, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Ziad Sultan, Caroline von Khun, Perry Young, Andreas Zoupanos Kritikos
FESTIVALS
22nd Giornate Degli Autori (World Premiere) - Winner of the Audience Award
BFI London Film Festival
Asian World Film Festival - Winner of the Snow Leopard for Best Film.
Artemare Film Festival - Winner of the Grand Prize.
Marrakech International Film Festival
Red Sea Film Festival
CAST
Mounia Akl
Hasan Akil
Julia Kassar
Camille Salameh
Anthony Karam
Nadyn Chalhoub