Still from the film "Do You Love Me" by Lana Daher, taken from the film "Murmures" (1980) by Maroun Baghdadi
What makes a great film? Since the birth of cinema, critics, specialists and ordinary movie lovers have pored over this vast question, each offering their own attempt at an answer, none of which has managed so far to definitively outline what makes a film truly special. But if there is one point that is hard to deny, it's that a great film is one that does not end when it finishes. Such is "Do You Love Me," the debut feature film by Lebanese director Lana Daher. It's a film that doesn't conclude with its last image. It continues to circulate within us, to profoundly shape us. A film that stays with us. Perhaps this is where its true impact lies: in how, beyond the immediate emotion, it’s already cementing itself as a work destined to mark both the history of Lebanese cinema and Lebanon itself. More on the...
What makes a great film? Since the birth of cinema, critics, specialists and ordinary movie lovers have pored over this vast question, each offering their own attempt at an answer, none of which has managed so far to definitively outline what makes a film truly special. But if there is one point that is hard to deny, it's that a great film is one that does not end when it finishes. Such is "Do You Love Me," the debut feature film by Lebanese director Lana Daher. It's a film that doesn't conclude with its last image. It continues to circulate within us, to profoundly shape us. A film that stays with us. Perhaps this is where its true impact lies: in how, beyond the immediate emotion, it’s already cementing itself as a work destined to mark both the history of Lebanese cinema and Lebanon itself. More on the...
