Summaries

Noha is about to get married. Her family is relieved to see her take advantage of this last chance before officially becoming a spinster just like her sister. Everything seems to be going well. However, on this special Sunday of August 1976 in Lebanon, on the same evening her elder brother is organizing a dinner in her honor 15 days prior to the wedding, Noha changes her mind.—Abbout Productions

At the end of summer in 1976, in a northern suburb of Beirut, Noha is about to get married. Her family is relieved, as she is taking her last chance, before she would become a spinster like her older sister. Everything is going as expected until, on a Sunday, Noha changes her mind about the wedding and decides to meet up with her ex-lover Joseph. Events of this day will change the family's life forever. The cast includes: Nadine Labaki as Noha Badih Bou Chacra as Assaf (the brother) Nazih Youssef as Jean (the fiancé) Takla Chammoun as Layla (the sister) Rodrigue Sleiman Joseph (the ex-lover) Inaam Germanos as Assaf's mother. Hachem wrote Noha's role as part of a challenge to meet the requirements for acting by Labaki.[according to whom?] The movie was shot using Super 16 mm film to correspond to the grainy quality of the 70's movies.[1]—hammerhead-dk

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Genres
  • Drama
Release date Oct 31, 2010
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Lebanon
Language Arabic
Production companies Abbout Productions

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Runtime 1h 15m
Color Color
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