And now I also was reading this:
In Beirut, a ‘Teeming Vision of the Inferno’
By Vivian Yee
NPR called it “Dickensian.” Reviewing it for The New York Times, A.O. Scott called Beirut, as seen through Ms. Labaki’s camera, a “teeming vision of the inferno.” It is this image of Lebanon — rather than its hellish civil war, its beauty culture, its beaches and ski resorts or its hummus — that has captivated international audiences over the past year, winning the jury prize at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, an Oscar nomination for best foreign-language film and a spot in Mr. Scott’s Top-10 list for 2018...
Zain, a Huck Finnesque hero of about 12 (his exact age is a mystery to him), is suing his parents for bringing him into a world where they have neither the means nor, it seems, the will to care for him and his siblings. Like many Lebanese families, they are too poor even to register their children with the government, all but cutting them off from schools, hospitals and legitimate employment.... Zain’s odyssey is a movie. Yet, Ms. Labaki, not wanting it to be dismissed as an exaggeration, made sure it was not quite fiction.
For the whole article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/w...i-lebanon.html
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