'Lovely day' a Lebanese-Canadian celebration of identity and family
Now showing in Beirut, a Quebecois film inspired by Alain Farah’s "autofictional" novel. The outstanding Georges Khabbaz and Hiyam Abou Chedid star as the tragicomic protagonists of a very particular day.
The poster of the film "Mille secrets, mille dangers."
It's a big day for Alain, 28, who is about to marry Virginie. There’s a religious ceremony at Montreal’s Oratory and a generous banquet bringing together the whole family and friends — everything has been planned to make this wedding day perfect in accordance to the high standards of the groom’s Lebanese aunts. Naturally, with all this stress, Alain feels his stomach tighten. In reality, a deep-seated anger simmers inside him…And echoing in his mind are the words his father used to repeat to him: “Life, ya Alain, is a trap lying in wait in the prison of time. Yes, life, ya ebni, remember, does not last: a few joys, great sorrows, a thousand secrets, a thousand dangers.” More about cinema Inside the Atlas Workshops: A factory for powerful narratives It's in this unfathomable anxiety, crowned by a whirlwind of tragicomic...
It's a big day for Alain, 28, who is about to marry Virginie. There’s a religious ceremony at Montreal’s Oratory and a generous banquet bringing together the whole family and friends — everything has been planned to make this wedding day perfect in accordance to the high standards of the groom’s Lebanese aunts. Naturally, with all this stress, Alain feels his stomach tighten. In reality, a deep-seated anger simmers inside him…And echoing in his mind are the words his father used to repeat to him: “Life, ya Alain, is a trap lying in wait in the prison of time. Yes, life, ya ebni, remember, does not last: a few joys, great sorrows, a thousand secrets, a thousand dangers.” More about cinema Inside the Atlas Workshops: A factory for powerful narratives It's in this unfathomable anxiety, crowned by a whirlwind of...
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