Nadine Labaki
Nadine Labaki (born February 18, 1974) is a Lebanese actress, writer, and director. Before directing films, Labaki started out as one of the well known directors in the Arabic music video industry. Inspired by growing up during the Lebanese Civil War, Labaki is known for demonstrating everyday aspects of Lebanese life and covering a range of political issues such as war, poverty, and feminism in her work. She is the first female Arab director to direct a film nominated for an Oscar in the category for Best Foreign Language Film for her third directorial effort, Capernaum (2018).
Capernaum
as NadineAfter running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to...
Movie pageCaramel
as LayaleIn a beauty salon in Beirut the lives of five women cross paths. The beauty salon is a colorful...
Movie pageMea Culpa
as AliceFranck and Simon are both good cops. They work as partners. But their lives take a tailspin when...
Movie pageWhere Do We Go Now?
as AmaleIn a remote, isolated Lebanese village surrounded by land mines, Muslims and Christians live...
Movie pageThe Sand Castle
as YasmineStranded on a deserted island, a family of four scavenges for survival as their past unravels,...
Movie pagePerfect Strangers
as ميA dinner party unravels when a tight group of friends agree to leave their phones unlocked on...
Movie pageRio, I Love You
as Herself (segment "O Milagre")The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by...
Movie pageThe Idol
as ShadiaMohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to...
Movie pageDancing on the Edge of a Volcano
as uncreditedOn August 4th, 2020, the catastrophic explosion at the port of Beirut leaves a large part of the...
Movie pageThe Price of Fame
as NoorA criminal duo learns of Charlie Chaplin's death and decides to steal his coffin to hold for a...
Movie pageSwimming Home
as LauraJoe and Isabel’s marriage is dying when Kitti, a naked stranger found floating in the pool at...
Movie pageStray Bullet
as NohaIn 1976 Beirut, after a rendezvous with her old flame, soon-to-wed Noha witnesses a violent...
Movie pageRock the Casbah
as MiriamThe whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for his father's funeral. Quickly, inner...
Movie pageCosta Brava, Lebanon
as SourayaMembers of a family quit the polluted, rubbish-strewn city of Beirut for an idyllic mountain...
Movie pageBosta
as AliaAfter 15 years in France, Kamal returns to his native Beirut and reassembles his dance crew,...
Movie page1982
as Yasmine"1982" is a life-affirming coming-of-age tale set at an idyllic school in Lebanon’s mountains on...
Movie pageBack to Alexandria
as SueAfter more than 20 years, Sue returns from Switzerland to her home country Egypt because her...
Movie pageAshes
as uncreditedNabil returns to Beirut with the ashes of his father who died abroad. He tries to overcome his...
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