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Costa Brava, Lebanonimagines a near future in which very little about the country has changed.
But the films graceful visuals, steady pace, and collaborative ensemble make Akls work her own.
When the dump moves in next door, they face off against it together, too.
Theyre four people against a force, andCosta Brava, Lebanonis uncompromising in rendering the helplessness of their circumstances.
The pastoral life that Akl depicted with tenderness steadily disappears, and the dump takes on a horror-movie quality.
Reconciliation or resistance, Akl asks.
The films answer is a bittersweet surrender.
