VENICE 2025 Giornate degli Autori
Cyril Aris • Director of A Sad and Beautiful World
"I try to tell the story of Lebanon today and its ups and downs through the story of a couple with two different worldviews"
by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoico
VENICE 2025: The Lebanese director talks to us about his debut fiction feature, a love story set against the backdrop of a deeply scarred country, Lebanon
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Lebanese director Cyril Aris talks to us about his debut fiction feature A Sad and Beautiful World [+see also:
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interview: Cyril Aris
film profile], a love story set against the backdrop of a deeply scarred country, Lebanon, in which the two protagonists must decide whether to raise their children in their homeland or seek a better life elsewhere. The film is in competition in the 22nd Giornate degli Autori at Venice.
