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Ila Ayn? (1957)

Ila Ayn? poster
Original title
إلى أين؟
Directed by
Georges Nasser
Genre
drama film
Country
Lebanon
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a poor mountain village in Lebanon, a father abandons his family to go to Brazil. Twenty years pass with no word from him, and the family's situation remains dire.

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What happens

Vers l'inconnu ? (en Ila Ayn?) est un film libanais réalisé par Georges Nasser, sorti en 1957. Dans un village de montagne au Liban, une famille vit dans la pauvreté. Le père décide de quitter sa famille et de partir pour le Brésil. Vingt ans passent sans un signe de vie de sa part, la situation ne s'est pas améliorée pour la famille restée au Liban. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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