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1982 (2019 film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = 1982 (2022)
| image = 1982 2019 poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Oualid Mouaness
| writer = Oualid Mouaness
| producer =
| starring =
| cinematography = Brian Rigney Hubbard
| editing =
| music = Nadim Mishlawi
| studio =
| distributor = MC Distribution
| released =
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country =
| language =
| budget =
| gross = $53,861
}}
'1982' is a 2020 internationally co-produced drama film written and directed by Oualid Mouaness, and starring Nadine Labaki and Mohamad Dalli.E. Nina Rothe, [https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/nadine-labaki-stars-in-oualid-mouaness-s-debut-film-1982-1.887000 "Nadine Labaki stars in Oualid Mouanesss debut film '1982'"]. 'The National', July 16, 2019.
The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the NETPAC Award for World or International Asian Film Premiere.Jessica Wong, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/tiff19-awards-1.5284085 "TIFF 2019: Jojo Rabbit captures TIFF People's Choice Award"]. CBC News, September 15, 2019. It was selected as the Lebanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. It won the 2021 Cannes Film Festival Young Cinema sidebar .[http://www.ecfaweb.org/european-childrens-film-network/festivals/?a=2&f=21]
Plot
Set against the beginning of the 1982 Lebanon War, the film stars Nadine Labaki as Yesmine, a schoolteacher in Beirut, and Mohamad Dalli as Wissam, a young boy in her class who is trying to find the courage to tell his classmate Joanna (Gia Madi) that he has a crush on her.Linda Barnard, [https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/oualid-mouaness-tells-the-story-of-a-boyhood-crush-and-a-nation-at-war-in-1982-1.908450 "Oualid Mouaness tells the story of a boyhood crush and a nation at war in '1982'"]. 'The National', September 10, 2019.
Production
'1982' was produced by companies based in Lebanon, Norway, France and Qatar. North American digital, ancillary & broadcast rights were purchased by Utopia. North American theatrical, events & educational rights held by Tricycle Logic.
See also
* List of submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
* List of Lebanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References
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