Lebonese with English sub-titles
Genre: Comedy/Drama, War, Middle East conflict, Women
Rating: M Mature themes and infrequent coarse language
Cast: Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Leyla Hakim and Nadine Labaki
Director: Nadine Labaki (caramel)
Set in a remote village where the church and the mosque stand side by side, WHERE DO WE GO NOW? follows the antics of the town’s women to keep their blowhard men from starting a religious war. Women heartsick over sons, husbands and fathers lost to previous flare-ups unite to distract their men with clever ruses, from faking a miracle to hiring a troop of Ukrainian strippers.
Winner People's Choice award Toronto International Film Festival
Official selection Un Certain Regard Cannes Film Festival
Winner Audience award San Sebastian Film Festival
Reviews:
"Director and co-writer Nadine Labaki has a careful, delicate hand when it comes to balancing the precious and the poignant." Mary F. Pols Time Magazine
"To Labaki's credit, she manages to take the film between tonal extremes credibly and without dulling the impact of either the humor or the horror." Tasha Robinson AV Club
"brave and startlingly funny..." Joe Morgenstern Wall St Journal
"The stupidity of violence and...religious hatred are beautifully boiled down into a microcosm of humanity that [director Nadine] Labaki infuses with vibrant moments of laughter, music and an uneering sense of how differently men and women view the world. " Jim Schembri 3AW