Nadine Labaki

Born: 1974-02-18

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).


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Capernaum

as Nadine
Released: 2018-09-20

After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to...

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Where Do We Go Now?

as Amale
Released: 2011-09-14

In a remote, isolated Lebanese village surrounded by land mines, Muslims and Christians live...

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Mea Culpa

as Alice
Released: 2014-02-05

Franck and Simon are both good cops. They work as partners. But their lives take a tailspin when...

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Rio, I Love You

as Herself (segment "O Milagre")
Released: 2014-09-12

The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by...

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Caramel

as Layale
Released: 2007-08-09

In a beauty salon in Beirut the lives of five women cross paths. The beauty salon is a colorful...

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Perfect Strangers

as مي
Released: 2022-01-20

Do we truly know one another? Every one of us has three lives: a public, a private and secret...

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The Idol

as Shadia
Released: 2016-01-21

Mohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to...

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Back to Alexandria

as Sue
Released: 2024-07-18

After more than 20 years, Sue returns from Switzerland to her home country Egypt because her...

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The Price of Fame

as Noor
Released: 2015-01-07

A criminal duo learns of Charlie Chaplin's death and decides to steal his coffin to hold for a...

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Costa Brava, Lebanon

as Souraya
Released: 2022-01-21

Members of a family quit the polluted, rubbish-strewn city of Beirut for an idyllic mountain...

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Rock the Casbah

as Miriam
Released: 2013-09-11

The whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for his father's funeral. Quickly, inner...

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Bosta

as Alia
Released: 2005-09-24

After 15 years in France, Kamal returns to his native Beirut and reassembles his dance crew,...

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The Sand Castle

as Yasmine
Released: 2024-12-07

Stranded on a deserted island, a family of four scavenges for survival as their past unravels,...

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The Father and the Foreigner

as Zaira
Released: 2010-01-01

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1982

as Yasmine
Released: 2020-10-01

"1982" is a life-affirming coming-of-age tale set at an idyllic school in Lebanon’s mountains on...

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Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

as uncredited
Released: 2023-07-03

On August 4th, 2020, the catastrophic explosion at the port of Beirut leaves a large part of the...

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Swimming Home

as Laura
Released: 2024-06-27

Joe and Isabel’s marriage is dying when Kitti, a naked stranger found floating in the pool at...

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Stray Bullet

as Noha
Released: 2010-09-02

In 1976 Beirut, after a rendezvous with her old flame, soon-to-wed Noha witnesses a violent...

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Ashes

as uncredited
Released: 2003-08-01

Nabil returns to Beirut with the ashes of his father who died abroad. He tries to overcome his...

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