Next Thursday, July 9th at 7 PM, Casa Árabe presents the feature film A Fragile and Wonderful World (Un mundo frágil y maravilloso), directed in 2024 by Cyril Aris, which focuses on a love story over thirty years of war in Lebanon. After the screening, there will be a discussion.
The tickets are numbered and the screening is in the original version subtitled in Spanish (VOSE). Discussion in Spanish.
A Fragile and Wonderful World is a co-production between Lebanon, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United States directed by Lebanese documentary filmmaker Cyril Aris. His debut in feature fiction consists of an ambitious proposal: to narrate a love story that spans three decades in Beirut, closely linked to the tumultuous political reality of the country. Its protagonists, Yasmina and Nino, are born on the same day in the same hospital and forge a close friendship during childhood, which is cut short when she moves to Germany with her father.
Over thirty years marked by passion, heartbreak, and hope, their lives intertwine again and again, caught in a magnetic bond that defies the passage of time and the wounds of the past. While Nino dreams of staying in Beirut, Yasmina only wishes to escape. In a country that seems to break their hearts a little more each day, they must face an impossible decision: to bet on love and build a family or to surrender to the need to survive.
When an improbable coincidence brings them together again in adulthood, the film takes on a surprising relevance. The reality it portrays continues to resonate strongly, giving the narrative a painful yet inevitable current relevance.
After the screening, there will be a discussion with Laila Hotait, Hispanic-Lebanese filmmaker and artist, and Karim Hauser, Culture Coordinator at Casa Árabe. Tickets can be purchased at this link.
