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Story summary
- Cyril Aris released the wartime romance film “A Sad and Beautiful World” in Lebanon.
- The film stars Mounia Akl as Yasmina and Hasan Akil as Nino, whose reunion follows a car accident that damages Yasmina’s mother’s shop.
- Aris previously directed the documentary “Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano,” filmed during the 2020 Beirut port explosions.
- Aris also edited “Costa Brava, Lebanon,” which opened in U.S. theaters in 2022.
