1982 (2019 film)

1982 is a Lebanese drama film, directed by Oualid Mouaness and released in 2019.[1]

1982
Film poster
Directed byOualid Mouaness
Written byOualid Mouaness
Produced byAlix Madigan
Oualid Mouaness
Myriam Sassine
Georges Schoucair
Christopher Tricarico
StarringNadine Labaki
Mohamad Dalli
Gia Madi
Rodrigue Sleiman
CinematographyBrian Rigney Hubbard
Edited byJad Dani Ali Hassan
Sabine El Gemayel
Music byNadim Mishlawi
Production
companies
Tricycle Logic
Abbout Productions
Boo Pictures
Mad Dog Films
Release date
  • September 8, 2019 (2019-09-08) (TIFF)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryLebanon
LanguagesArabic
English

The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the NETPAC Award for World or International Asian Film Premiere.[2] It was selected as the Lebanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[3][4]

Plot

Set against the beginning of the 1982 Lebanon War, the film stars Nadine Labaki as Yesmeene, a schoolteacher in Beirut, and Mohamad Dalli as Wissam, a young boy in her class who is trying to find the courage to tell his classmate Joanna (Gia Madi) that he has a crush on her.[5]

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