Nadine Labaki Talks Reuniting With ‘Capernaum’ Discovery Zain Al Rafeea On Set Of ‘The Sand Castle’
deadline.comLebanese actress and director Nadine Labaki enjoyed breakout success with Oscar-nominated and Cannes Jury Prize-winning third feature Capernaum in 2018 and there is now anticipation over what will be her next directorial feature project However, the star, who is currently at the Marrakech International Film Festival as a member of its jury, told Deadline this week that it could be a while before she gets behind the camera. “I have to start writing the next feature film.
There’s nothing tangible I can talk about yet,” she said. The weight of Lebanon’s political and economic crisis since 2019, which was exacerbated by the pandemic, and the deadly and devastating August 2020 Beirut explosion had made it difficult for her to focus on a personal project, she said. “It has been a very difficult three years.
We’ve all been sort of living like zombies. We’re alive but not really and it’s been difficult to write anything,” she said. “You feel schizophrenic writing something that has nothing to do with the situation and at the same time, writing something about the situation is a huge responsibility,” she continued. “You need to do it very delicately.
You’re talking about human suffering and a huge tragedy. We’ve been going through one tragedy after the other. It has been paralyzing.
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