A sad and beautiful world

Nino and Yasmina fall in love with each other on the playground of their school in Beirut and dream of their adult life, of a wonderful world. Twenty years later, they accidentally meet again and the love flares up again — intense, magnetic, and fiery. Can you build a future in a torn country that you are trying to leave but that continues to hold you in an irresistible way? This irresistibly beautiful love story was Lebanon’s entry for the Oscar for best foreign film 2026