Lebanon, WE REPRESENT! Finally!
Nadine Labaki’s new movie, set for a Thursday release in Lebanon, has shocked everyone by winning the People’s Choice Award for best movie at the Toronto Film Festival. To put this in perspective, Slumdog Millionaire and The King’s Speech won this award before their Academy Award rampage.
This festival is renowned for picking movies that end up winning big in award shows, so my hope for a Lebanese nomination for Nadine’s movie at the Oscars has suddenly exponentially increased.
Telling the story of the women of a closely-knit town, where people of both Christian and Muslim faith coexist, trying to keep their town united, the movie debuted at Cannes without winning anything there. However, it came out on top at this festival beating other movies like George Clooney’s The Descendants, thought by many to be his best work to date and Sundance winner Like Crazy.
Is anyone suddenly more excited than they could possibly be to watch the movie Thursday? Cause I sure can’t wait for Thursday to come.
And if the movie is as good as some Lebanese who already watched the movie in Paris are saying, I think we’re all in for a treat.
For my review of the movie, click here.
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oh i really hope it would when. Nadine’s movies are always good and portray a somehow close image of the Lebanese society in an exaggerated sarcastic manner.
We are planning a tweetup in CityMall for watching the movie.
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My friend who already watched it said we’d love it. I guess we’ll see on Thursday 🙂
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I sure cant wait either! 🙂
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We all can’t 😀
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amazing movie 😀
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Indeed 🙂
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It Is Really One Of The Best Movies I Have Ever Watched!! 😀
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hi momken eza fi 7ada yse3edni ta e2der 2osal la set nadine 3ndi 7elem w ma 7ada b7a2i2ou 8ayra pliiiiz hayda ra2mi 71190830
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“Where Do We Go Now” depicts the essence of human survival and the desire to live in cooperation. Regardless of religious or political affiliation, the human foundation is a balance of Work, Play, Love, and Worship.
The tears of a grieving mother or an ailing sibling, the patterns of resolving conflict, fathers wanting to provide and protect family while mothers wanting to nourish and bond family, was not different when fundamental attitudes differed.
Nadine Labaki brilliantly symbolized, through village dynamics, that people can replicate the same psychological processes in family and socio-political settings via the human need for effective communications, better understanding, to foster cooperation.
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It is a great movie. You might want to check my review of it.
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