Where Do We Go Now? (2011)

Original title

وهلأ لوين؟‎

Directed by

Nadine Labaki

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Lebanon, France, Italy

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

12

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 216 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a remote Lebanese village, a group of women try to keep peace between their Christian and Muslim husbands during rising sectarian tensions. They use clever schemes to distract the men from conflict and prevent violence from breaking out.

gentlewarmplayfultensesadhopefulcommunity-drivenunderstated

What happens

Where Do We Go Now? (Levantine Arabic: وهلأ لوين w halla' la wayn, French: Et maintenant, on va où) is a 2011 Lebanese film directed by Nadine Labaki. The film premiered during the 2011 Cannes Film Festival as part of Un Certain Regard. It was selected to represent Lebanon for the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. The film won the People's Choice Award at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. It was the highest-grossing Lebanese film, and the highest-grossing Arabic film, earning $21 million worldwide, up until it was surpassed by Labaki's later film Capernaum (2018). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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