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Costa Brava, Lebanon

Submissions for Best International Feature (Academy Awards 2022)

2021

Mounia Akl

Nadine Labaki, Yumna Marwan, Saleh Bakri, Nadia Chancel ...

6.5

548

Drama A couple decide to leave the toxic pollution of their home city of Beirut, hoping to build a utopian existence in a pristine home in the mountains.

	Media	Author	Review
		Keith Uhlich The Hollywood Reporter	"Compelling, if ultimately shallow (...) despite Akl’s confident directorial hand and her cast’s exceedingly natural rapport, it proves an unconvincing conceit."
		Wendy Ide Screendaily	"Costa Brava, Lebanon is a terrific feature debut from Mounia Akl which works both as a compelling domestic drama and an elegant political allegory."
		Jessica Kiang Variety	"A heartfelt charmer that feels sharper and truer in its lovably eccentric character-building than in its grander, more political statements"
		Jude Dry IndieWire	"Masterful family drama exhumes Beirut's lost dreams"
		Ronda Racha Penrice The Wrap	"Akl, whose short films have been acclaimed at Cannes and Sundance, brings us into this world with gorgeous subtlety"
		Glenn Kenny rogerebert.com	"The film’s images entangle us with the characters, which makes its indeterminate ending a little more disappointing (...) But this post-cataclysm habitat is worth paying a visit anyway (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		David Katz Cineuropa	"Beautifully shot (...) [It] grows into a feminist victory of empowerment. What's pessimistic –and wistful– is its resignation about the decline of our planet, and how we just have to hold each other close instead"

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