Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- bittersweet
- melancholic
- intimate
- reflective evening
- romantic drama night
What critics said
Critics broadly regard it as an emotionally resonant and bittersweet romance that transforms Lebanon's social turmoil into an intimate human story.
What sets it apart
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Nino and Yasmina must weigh building a family in Lebanon against leaving as the country undergoes successive tragedies.
The relationship unfolds across three decades, linking youthful passion with later choices about survival and happiness.
Lebanon's unfolding tragedies are experienced through Nino and Yasmina's decisions about love, family, and emigration.
The film explicitly balances passion, loss, hope, and the paradox of Lebanon as both beautiful and painful.
Films like A Sad and Beautiful World, and why
Theeb
bittersweet romance shaped by political upheaval, displacement, and an intimate national setting
The Insult
emotionally expansive middle eastern drama connecting personal relationships with social instability and survival
A Separation
melancholic love story grounded in family pressures, homeland, and the possibility of leaving
Movie Details
- Director
- Cyril Aris
- Release Date
- 2025-09-05
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rating
- 8.2 / 10 (14)
Cast
- Mounia Akl
- Hasan Akil
- Camille Salameh
- Julia Kassar
- Tino Karam
- Nadyn Chalhoub
- Alex Choueiry
- Valentina Hachem
- Mohamad Farhat
- Yara Zakhour
Common questions
- What is A Sad and Beautiful World about?
- A sweeping Lebanese love story tests whether devotion, family, and hope can survive a homeland in crisis.
- What is A Sad and Beautiful World like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of A Sad and Beautiful World as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is A Sad and Beautiful World violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in A Sad and Beautiful World.
- What did critics think of A Sad and Beautiful World?
- Critics broadly regard it as an emotionally resonant and bittersweet romance that transforms Lebanon's social turmoil into an intimate human story.
- Which films are like A Sad and Beautiful World?
- Films with a similar feel include Theeb, The Insult, and A Separation.
- How long is A Sad and Beautiful World?
- A Sad and Beautiful World runs 110 minutes.
