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| Directed by | Mounia Akl |
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| Cinematography | Joe Saade |
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| Music by | Nathan Larson |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
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| Language | Arabic |
| Box office | $71,231[4][5] |
Costa Brava, Lebanon (Arabic: كوستا برافا، لبنان, romanized: Kūstā Brāfā, Lubnān) is a 2021 internationally co-produced 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.
It 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.[6] This film was also nominated for the New Talent Award at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2021.[7]
In the near future, Soraya and Walid build an idyllic life in the mountains, far from the disorder and pollution of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. There, they live with one of their parents and their two children — until the installation of a supposedly ecological landfill disrupts their harmony.
In July 2021, it was announced Nadine Labaki and Saleh Bakri had joined the cast of the film, with Mounia Akl, directing from a screenplay she wrote alongside Clara Roquet.[8]
The film premiered at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival on September 5, 2021.[9] It was also screened at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2021.[10] At TIFF, it won the NETPAC Prize.[11] Screened at the 18th Seville European Film Festival (SEFF) on 7 November 2021,[12] the film won the festival's Grand Jury Prize ex aequo with Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle.[13] In June 2022, Kino Lorber acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film, and set it for a July 15, 2022, release.[14]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 90% based on 39 reviews with an average rating of 7.5/10.[15]
