Review: Flashback to Lebanon '1982,' for an empathetic look at life with war on the horizon

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Nadine Labaki is among the cast of '1982,' set during the First Lebanon War.

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In contemplative drama “1982,” writer-director Oualid Mouaness frames an escalating armed conflict, the First Lebanon War, with a prepubescent romance between a boy and a girl from opposites sides of Beirut. Divided across religious lines at the time, with Muslims on the west and Christians on the east, the entire city eventually came under fire.

Knowing chaos started in the Muslim west, and soon reached across to affect those who thought it wasn’t their problem is vital to the story’s theme. But these historical details are absent in clear form — a problem a title card granting the viewers much-needed context could have solved.received an Oscar nomination in 2019, excels in a slow-burn performance teeming with restrained anxiety.

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