Nadine Labaki

A life-affirming coming-of-age tale set at a school in 1982 Lebanon. It follows an 11-year-old boy's relentless quest to profess his love to a girl in his class. The invasion encroaches on Beirut and upends the day threatening the entire country. Within the microcosm of the school, the film draws a portrait of a society torn between its desire for peace and the ideological schisms unraveling it.

The whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for her father's funeral. Quickly, inner problems are revealed.