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1982 (2019)

1982 poster
Directed by
Oualid Mouaness
Genre
drama film, science fiction film, romance film, historical film
Country
Lebanon
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1982, during the outbreak of war in Lebanon, a young boy at a private school tries to confess his love to a girl. The film follows students and teachers as their daily lives are disrupted by the approaching conflict.

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What happens

1982 is a 2019 internationally co-produced drama film written and directed by Oualid Mouaness, and starring Nadine Labaki and Mohamad Dalli. The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the NETPAC Award for World or International Asian Film Premiere. It was selected as the Lebanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. It won the 2021 Cannes Film Festival Young Cinema sidebar {Prix Cannes Ecrans Juniors 2021}. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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