Lebanese multihyphenate Nadine Labaki’s most recent directorial effort, the Oscar-nominated “Capernaum,” shed light on Beirut’s desperation before her city was blasted last year by one of the…
s most recent directorial effort, the Oscar-nominated “Capernaum,” shed light on Beirut’s desperation before her city was blasted last year by one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions ever recorded. She is in Venice this year as an actor in Mounia Akl’s first featurewhich against all odds started shooting two months after the blast, also defying the pandemic and Lebanon’s economic collapse.
The potent pic, which screened in Venice Horizons, sees Labaki and Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri playing Soraya and Walid, a couple who have left Beirut with their children for an idyllic, isolated life in the Lebanese mountains, until one day the government decides to build a garbage landfill right beside their house. Labaki spoke toabout how important it was for her to get back to work on a pic that says a lot about her country’s plight, but also speaks to the world at large. Excerpts.
“Costa Brava” begins with a shot of the Beirut port. I could not help thinking about the symbolic significance of that. That made it very emotional for all of us that were part of this film. The crew, the actors, the Lebanese people who attended the Venice screening. I think it was a very emotional journey. It’s not just another film. It’s really about what we are going through, and it reflects what we are living right now. The contradictions and the love/hate relationship with our country; our struggles and ambivalence in our feelings.
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