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The Sea Ahead

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A young woman makes her way back home to her parents’ house in the middle of the night leaving a bad experience behind. Haunting pressures to fit back into the family dynamics as well as revealing details of her life abroad weigh heavy on her. Feeling cornered, her anxieties resurface, leading her to find solace in another part of her Beirut life that she had forsaken. A life that is for her as familiar and foreign now as it ever was.

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Wendy Ide Screen International 12/08/2021
There's a prescient sense, in this very accomplished feature debut, of imminent threat... which lends this already arresting picture an added resonance. Go to Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 08/01/2022
3/5
Dagher’s film eerily plays like an immediate time capsule, an automatic period piece considering the drastic effects of the tragedy which continue to hobble the region. Go to Full Review Rahul Desai Film Companion 12/17/2021
The Sea Ahead is a vivid and eerie portrait of Beirut... Go to Full Review Rob Aldam Backseat Mafia 10/15/2021
An intricate study of a young woman tortured by her failures and unable to reconcile with her past. Go to Full Review Joseph Fahim Middle East Eye 09/26/2021
An impressionistic, emotionally subdued portrait of an aimless generation traversing a dying city bound to disappear. The titular sea, which has been veiled by the unpopulated skyscrapers, becomes a symbol for this disappearing Beirut. Go to Full Review Kaleem Aftab Cineuropa 08/02/2021
Dagher denies such simple explanations, taking us on a cinematic journey that echoes work by Michelangelo Antonioni and his view of depression. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Ely Dagher

Director

Manal Issa

Jana

Roger Azar

Adam

Yara Abou Haidar

Mona

Rabih El Zaher

Wissam

Fadi Abi Samra

Walid
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Movie Info

Synopsis A young woman makes her way back home to her parents’ house in the middle of the night leaving a bad experience behind. Haunting pressures to fit back into the family dynamics as well as revealing details of her life abroad weigh heavy on her. Feeling cornered, her anxieties resurface, leading her to find solace in another part of her Beirut life that she had forsaken. A life that is for her as familiar and foreign now as it ever was.
Director
Ely Dagher
Producer
Arnaud Dommerc, Georges Schoucair
Screenwriter
Ely Dagher
Production Co
Wrong Men, Shelter prod, Proximus, Andolfi, Beaverandbeaver, Beachside Films, Abbout Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Arabic
Runtime
1h 55m