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1982

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By Oualid MOUANESS

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First film - Completed 2020

During the 1982 invasion of Lebanon at a secular school in the mountains above Beirut, 11-year-old Wissam tries to tell a classmate about his crush on her, while his teachers on different sides of the political divide, try to mask their fears.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2019
NETPAC Award
El-Gouna Film Festival 2019
FIPRESCI International Critics Prize
CINEMED 2019
YOUTH AUDIENCE AWARD
WAR ON SCREEN - France 2020
WINNER PRIX JURY ÉTUDIANT
NAMUR 2020
Official Competition
Asian World Film Festival 2020
BEST FEATURE AUDIENCE AWARD & SPECIAL MENTION
Film Fest DC 2020
SIGNIS PRIZE & Circle Award Special Mention
LUMIERE INSTITUTE: REGARD SUD 2021
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    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • First film, True Story, Drama, Family
    • Countries
    • LEBANON, QATAR, FRANCE, NORWAY
    • Languages
    • ARABIC, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 100 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Oualid MOUANESS
    • Writer(s)
    • Oualid MOUANESS
    • Producer(s)
    • Georges SCHOUCAIR (Abbout Productions), Myriam SASSINE (Abbout Productions), Oualid MOUANESS (Tricycle Logic), Alix MADIGAN (Mad Dog Films), Christopher TRICARICO
    • Synopsis
    • As the academic year draws to a close at a school high in the mountains of Lebanon, eleven-year-old Wissam struggles to pluck up the courage to reveal his true feelings to classmate Joanna. After numerous failed attempts, he is left despondent when led to believe that his best friend has betrayed his trust. To make matters worse, the school day is suddenly interrupted when an air invasion reaches the capital, Beirut, and shatters the school’s calm. Though the school is removed from the center of the battle, it is determined that for everyone's safety, the school must be evacuated because anything can happen. The imminent danger only makes Wissam more resolute, as it becomes clear that no one knows what tomorrow will bring.

      This story of burgeoning love set against the backdrop of the blitz of Beirut in 1982 portrays that, even in conflict, life still goes on. For a dreamer like Wissam, it’s hard to immediately comprehend the gravity of the approaching violence, but for his teachers, Yesmine (Nadine Labaki) and Joseph (Rodrigue Sleiman), the jets roaring overhead are a sign of something much graver on the horizon. With extraordinary performances from a diverse Lebanese cast in a school that is a microcosm of that polarized nation, with a it's people caught in the geopolitical crossfire.

      '1982' perfectly captures the slow erosion of innocence, but one in which childlike imagination finds a way to triumph in the end.
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