in theaters on my screens

The Swimmers

G.-B. 2022. Sports drama by Sally El Hosaini with Manal Issa, Nathalie Issa, Ali Suliman. In 2015, as bombing approaches Damascus, two sisters, champion swimmers, leave Syria and begin a risky journey to compete in the Rio Olympics.

Runtime: 134 min.

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Memory Box

Can. 2021. Drama by Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige with Manal Issa, Isabelle Zighondi, Rim Turki. In Montreal, a teenage girl traces her mother’s story through notebooks and photo albums documenting her youth in war-torn Lebanon.

Runtime: 100 min.

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Malek

Can. 2018. Psychological drama by Guy Édoin with Tewfik Jallab, Karine Vanasse, Mani Soleymanlou. Following a suicide attempt, an unemployed Montrealer of Lebanese origin confronts the demons of his past with the help of a psychologist and a new girlfriend.

Runtime: 95 min.

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Nocturama

Fr. 2016. Thriller by Bertrand Bonello with Finnegan Oldfield, Vincent Rottiers, Hamza Meziani. Young people from different backgrounds plant bombs in Paris and then, at night, gather in a department store to watch them explode while they wait for the police.

Runtime: 130 min.

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Parisienne

Fr. 2015. Drama by Danielle Arbid with Manal Issa, Vincent Lacoste, Paul Hamy. As she struggles to integrate into French society, an eighteen-year-old Lebanese woman gradually discovers who she is.

Runtime: 119 min.