Costa Brava, Lebanon (2021)

Original title

كوستا برافا

Directed by

Mounia Akl

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Qatar, Lebanon, France, Denmark

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

16

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Lebanese family tries to live off the grid in their mountain home. But waste and pollution from a nearby landfill keep pushing into their life.

tensebleakfamily-centeredslow-burnclaustrophobicmelancholicgrounded

What happens

Costa Brava, Lebanon (Arabic: كوستا برافا، لبنان, romanized: Kūstā Brāfā, Lubnān) is a 2021 drama film directed by Mounia Akl from a screenplay by Akl and Clara Roquet. It stars Nadine Labaki, Saleh Bakri, Nadia Charbel, Ceana Restom, Geana Restom, Liliane Chacar Khoury, Yumna Marwan and Francois Nour. The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival on September 5, 2021. It was selected as the Lebanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. This film was also nominated for the New Talent Award at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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