1982 (2019 film)

2019 Lebanese drama film

1982 (2022)

Film poster

Directed by| Oualid Mouaness
Written by| Oualid Mouaness
Produced by|

* Alix Madigan
* Oualid Mouaness
* Myriam Sassine
* Georges Schoucair
* Christopher Tricarico

Starring|

* Nadine Labaki
* Mohamad Dalli
* Gia Madi
* Rodrigue Sleiman
* Aliya Khalidi
* Ghassan Maalouf

Cinematography| Brian Rigney Hubbard
Edited by|

* Jad Dani Ali Hassan
* Sabine El Gemayel

Music by| Nadim Mishlawi

Production
companies

* Tricycle Logic
* Abbout Productions
* Boo Pictures
* Barentsfilm
* Mad Dog Films
* Soapbox Films

Distributed by| MC Distribution

Release dates

* September 8, 2019 (2019-09-08) (TIFF)
* September 23, 2019 (2019-09-23)

Running time

| 100 minutes
Countries|

* Lebanon
* Norway
* France
* Qatar

Languages|

* Arabic
* English
* French[1]

Box office| $60,751[2]

1982 is a 2019 internationally co-produced drama film written and directed by Oualid Mouaness, and starring Nadine Labaki and Mohamad Dalli.[3]

The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the NETPAC Award for World or International Asian Film Premiere.[4] It was selected as the Lebanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.[5][6] It won the 2021 Cannes Film Festival Young Cinema sidebar {Prix Cannes Ecrans Juniors 2021}.[7][1]

## Plot

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Set against the beginning of the 1982 Lebanon War, the film stars Nadine Labaki as Yesmine, a schoolteacher in Beirut, and Mohamad Dalli as Wissam, a young boy in her class who is trying to find the courage to tell his classmate Joanna (Gia Madi) that he has a crush on her.[8]

## Production

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1982 was produced by companies based in Lebanon, Norway, France and Qatar. North American digital, ancillary & broadcast rights were purchased by Utopia. North American theatrical, events & educational rights are held by Tricycle Logic.

## See also

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* List of submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
* List of Lebanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

## References

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1. ^ "'1982' explores the complexities of love and war in Lebanon". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
2. ^ "1982". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
3. ^ E. Nina Rothe, "Nadine Labaki stars in Oualid Mouaness’s debut film '1982'". The National, July 16, 2019.
4. ^ Jessica Wong, "TIFF 2019: Jojo Rabbit captures TIFF People's Choice Award". CBC News, September 15, 2019.
5. ^ "« 1982 » de Oualid Mouaness : le choix du Liban aux oscars". L'Orient-Le Jour. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
6. ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (28 September 2019). "Oscars: Lebanon Selects '1982' for International Feature Film Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
7. ^ "Rencontres Cinématographiques de Cannes".
8. ^ Linda Barnard, "Oualid Mouaness tells the story of a boyhood crush and a nation at war in '1982'". The National, September 10, 2019.

## External links

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* 1982 at IMDb

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Lebanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

* Promise of Love (1978)
* West Beirut (1998)
* Around the Pink House (1999)
* When Maryam Spoke Out (2002)
* The Kite (2003)
* Bosta (2006)
* Caramel (2007)
* Under the Bombs (2008)
* Where Do We Go Now? (2011)
* Blind Intersections (2013)
* Ghadi (2014)
* Void (2015)
* Very Big Shot (2016)
* The Insult (2017)
* Capernaum (2018)
* 1982 (2019)
* Broken Keys (2020)
* Costa Brava, Lebanon (2021)
* Memory Box (2022)
* Arzé (2024)

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