OST FOR PARADIS
 
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COSTA BRAVA LEBANON
DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, DENMARK
Release date : Jun 23, 2022
 
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Completed - ARABIC-LEBANESE - Drama, Comedy - 106 minutes

Log Line

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

Synopsis

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.

Production

Country(ies) : LEBANON

BELGIUM MOOOV
DENMARK Jun 23, 2022 OST FOR PARADIS
FRANCE Jul 27, 2022 EUROZOOM
SAUDI ARAB CINEWAVES FILMS
SWEDEN FOLKETS BIO
SWITZERLAN TRIGON-FILM
TUNISIA HAKKA DISTRIBUT
UNITED ARA FILM CLINIC IND


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Festivals and Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2021 Contemporary World Cinema
El Gouna Film Festival 2021 (Fipersci award)


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