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

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