It’s a Sad and Beautiful World

Set against the backdrop of Lebanon’s defining moments over the past 40 years, It’s a Sad and Beautiful World tells the story of the improbable romance between idealistic and joyful Nino and his sad and gloomy lover Soraya, as they go through childhood, adulthood and married life.

LENGTH

Feature

GENRE

Fiction

PRODUCED IN

Lebanon

STATUS

In Development

WITH THE HELP OF

connection

meet the director

Cyril Aris is a Lebanese writer and director. His documentary The Swing (2018) premiered at Karlovy Vary IFF, won the El-Gouna Bronze Star award and the jury prize at MedFilm festival in Rome. The Hollywood Reporter qualified it of ‘Intimate and moving’. His short film, The President’s Visit (2017) premiered in Toronto, won the US NBR award, the Muhr Jury Prize in Dubai, the grand prize at Nashville and played in more than 50 international film festivals.

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