Where Do We Go Now?
13 Feb 2013
Director: Nadine Labaki
France, Lebanon
2011
110 min
A Lebanese comedy-drama about religious conflict may not seem an obvious recipe for success, but this film manages to pull off the tricky balancing act with wit and aplomb. Director Labaki also stars, as one of a group of women in a remote village who try ever more extreme tactics to stop their menfolk from going to war on each other.
The church and the mosque stand alongside each other, but predictably the men of the village do not. Labaki shows a delicate touch that prevents the potentially tricky subject matter from tipping into absurdity.