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Nujum al'Amal w al'Alam (2025)

Drama | 110 minutes
3,50 23 votes

Genre: Drama / Romance

Duration: 110 minuten

Alternative titles: A Sad and Beautiful World / نجوم الأمل و الأل

Country: Lebanon / Germany / United States / Saudi Arabia / Qatar

Directed by: Cyril Aris

Stars: Mounia Akl, Hassan Akil and Julia Kassar

IMDb score: 7,6 (649)

Releasedate: 31 August 2025

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Nujum al'Amal w al'Alam plot

This love story spans three decades of passion, heartbreak, and hope. Nino and Yasmina are drawn to each other by a magnetic connection. Facing an impossible choice between love and survival, they must decide whether to start a family and forge a path to happiness in Lebanon, despite the tragedies that ravage the country.

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De filosoof

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The film is about a love in wartime and a collapsing economy, where those difficult circumstances certainly complicate the love on the one hand (to start with, they lose sight of each other as 7-year-olds) and present two possible reactions on the other: you can try to leave the country, or you can try to make the best of it even in difficult circumstances. One dreams, as it were, of a life far away, while the other turns life itself into a dream, with love itself being a third kind of dream that leads the two together to happiness (the 'island'), regardless of the circumstances that force them to make different choices. The film is intelligent and energetic, ensuring constant entertainment, and due to its themes, it is also a beautiful film.

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mrklm

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Two babies are born a minute apart in a hospital in Beirut that is being bombed at that moment. During their childhood, a deep friendship develops between Yasmina [Alex Choueiry] and Nino [Mohamad Farhat], but fate separates them. As adults, Yasmina [Mounia Akl] and Nino [Hasan Akil] find each other again, marked by the paths they walked separately. A potentially interesting romantic drama, partly due to the location and historical setting, it oscillates between romantic comedy and melodrama, but is well-acted and beautifully filmed.

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mjk87 (moderator films)

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At times beautifully shot, whether it be city panoramas or the many shots of nightlife. Or blurred images of running people like an impressionistic painting. But also towards the end, when life takes an increasingly worse turn. Visually, the atmosphere is consistently captured perfectly. Furthermore, it is very nice how the lives of two people are shown alongside the recent history of Lebanon.

But then there is actor Hassan Akil as the main character Nino, who was in my irritation zone from the very first second. So terribly annoying the whole time, someone who likes himself a lot, thinks he is very important above all, and has a completely wrong aura too. I don't think the role was written that way, so I'm more afraid that the actor has some narcissistic traits and doesn't exactly have much respect for women, because he constantly radiates both of those in the film. Like that moment where he wants to look at those letters and holds them up so Yasmina can't get to them. I think that was written as something teasing, but to me it came across as more toxic. Even if his co-star is quite convincing, not for a moment could I believe she liked him, and a film like this really stands or falls on something like that. 2.0*

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