Completed - ARABIC-LEBANESE - Drama, Comedy - 106 minutes
Mounia Akl makes her highly anticipated debut (Cinéfondation Residency, Torino Film Lab, Sundance Institute Lab), with a darkly comic commentary on the realities of modern-day Lebanon.
Year of production : 2021 Director(s) : Mounia AKL Cast : Nadine LABAKI, Saleh BAKRI
The free-spirited Badri family have escaped the toxic pollution of Beirut by seeking refuge in the utopic mountain home they have built. But unexpectedly, a garbage landfill is built right outside their fence, bringing the trash and corruption of a whole country to their doorstep. As the trash rises, so do tensions between leaving or resisting, threatening their idyllic home and family unity.
Country(ies) : LEBANON
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Toronto - TIFF 2021 Contemporary World CinemaEl Gouna Film Festival 2021 (Fipersci award)