Lebanon10 Essential Films from LebanonStop 9 of 10

A Sad and Beautiful World

Name: A Sad and Beautiful World
Released: 2025

نجوم الأمل و الألم

2025

Spanning three decades of passion, heartbreak, and hope, this sweeping romance follows two people magnetically drawn together and repeatedly forced to choose between their love and survival in a turbulent Lebanon. An epic love story.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Lebanon

This film is stop 9 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Lebanon. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Lebanon in the 196 country film challenge.