Also Known As: نادين لبكي
Biography: 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).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Baabdat, Lebanon
Birthday: February 18, 1974
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Gender: Female
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Overview: In a beauty salon in Beirut the lives of five women cross paths. The beauty salon is a colorful and sensual microcosm where they share and entrust their hopes, fears and expectations.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2007-08-09
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Overview: In 1976 Beirut, after a rendezvous with her old flame, soon-to-wed Noha witnesses a violent incident and changes course on a path to self-realization.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2010-09-02
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Overview: In a remote, isolated Lebanese village surrounded by land mines, Muslims and Christians live together in peace. As civil strife starts to engulf the country around them, the women in the village try, by various means and to varying success, to keep their men in the dark by sabotaging the village radio, and then destroying the village TV.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2011-09-14
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Overview: The whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for his father's funeral. Quickly, inner problems are revealed.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-09-11
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Overview: After 15 years in France, Kamal returns to his native Beirut and reassembles his dance crew, striving to modernize traditional Dabke routines.
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2005-09-24
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Overview: Stranded on a deserted island, a family of four scavenges for survival as their past unravels, sending them into a downward spiral of painful events.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2024-12-07
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Overview: Franck and Simon are both good cops. They work as partners. But their lives take a tailspin when Simon, driving drunk, causes a tragic car wreck. A few years later, out of the police, he is forced to take matters into his own hands when his family is in danger.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-02-05
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Overview: A criminal duo learns of Charlie Chaplin's death and decides to steal his coffin to hold for a ransom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-01-07
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Overview: After more than 20 years, Sue returns from Switzerland to her home country Egypt because her mother Fairouz is in a hospital bed. Sue ran away from the eccentric aristocrat as a young adult. Now she feels compelled to meet her again.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2024-07-18
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Overview: Joe and Isabel’s marriage is dying when Kitti, a naked stranger found floating in the pool at their holiday villa in Greece, is invited to stay. Kitti collects and eats poisonous plants, and Nina, their teenage daughter, is enthralled by her. What kind of relief can Kitti provide for this family in crisis?
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-27
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2003-03-01
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Overview: Soraya is a French/Palestinian living in New York. Soraya and her Boyfriend Yusif are reported to the office of Homeland Securty by the "super" of Soraya's building after one of her 7 dogs is hit by a car due to Yusif's carelessness.
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2005-03-01
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Overview: On August 4th, 2020, the catastrophic explosion at the port of Beirut leaves a large part of the Lebanese capital in ruins. In the midst of the chaos, a troubled film crew face an overwhelming decision: to continue the production of their movie or abandon it? As they face the aftermath of the catastrophe, they are torn between their firm belief in the transformative power of cinema and a deep sense of cynicism about its ability to effect change in a nation plagued by economic turmoil and societal collapse. Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano chronicles their struggles and highlights the crew's resilience as they strive to find meaning and purpose in their work amidst the devastation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2023-07-03
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Overview: Mohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to compete on the program "Arab Idol."
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2016-01-21
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Overview: Nabil returns to Beirut with the ashes of his father who died abroad. He tries to overcome his bereavement while his family insists on respecting rites and customs by burying a non-existent corpse.
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2003-08-01
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Overview: The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. The story line of each segment focuses on an encounter of love in a different neighborhood of the city, demonstrating the distinctive qualities and character of that location. The film serves to bridge gaps between cultures, educating and entertaining the audience, while celebrating unique and universal expressions of love.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-09-12
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Overview: After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2018-09-20
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Overview: "1982" is a life-affirming coming-of-age tale set at an idyllic school in Lebanon’s mountains on the eve of a looming invasion. It unfolds over a single day and follows an 11-year-old boy’s relentless quest to profess his love to a girl in his class. As the invasion encroaches on Beirut, it upends the day, threatening the entire country and its cohesion. Within the microcosm of the school, the film draws a harrowing portrait of a society torn between its desire for love and peace and the ideological schisms unraveling its seams. In his debut feature, director Oualid Mouaness delivers an ode to innocence in which he revisits one of the most cataclysmic moments in Lebanon's history through the lens of a child and his vibrant imagination. The film demonstrates the complexities of love and war, and the resilience of the human spirit.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2020-10-01
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Overview: Members of a family quit the polluted, rubbish-strewn city of Beirut for an idyllic mountain home. However, their dreams of a utopian existence are shattered by the construction of a landfill on the boundary of their land.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2022-01-21
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Overview: A dinner party unravels when a tight group of friends agree to leave their phones unlocked on the table, exposing juicy interactions and dark secrets.
Genres: Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2022-01-17
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