The Sea Ahead (2022)
A young woman makes her way back home to her parents’ house in the middle of the night leaving a bad experience behind. Haunting pressures to fit back into the family dynamics as well as revealing details of her life abroad weigh heavy on her. Feeling cornered, her anxieties resurface, leading her to find solace in another part of her Beirut life that she had forsaken. A life that is for her as familiar and foreign now as it ever was.
Director: Ely Dagher
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Manal Issa as Jana |
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Roger Azar as Adam |
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Yara Abou Haidar as Mona (Jana's Mother) |
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Rabih El Zaher as Wissam (Jana's Father) |
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Fadi Abi Samra as Walid (Jana's Uncle) |
| Directing | Ely Dagher | Director |
| Writing | Ely Dagher | Writer |
| Sound | Joh Dagher | Music |
| Production | Michael B. Clark | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Philippe Charbonnel | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Rawad Hobeika | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Alex Turtletaub | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Léa Masson | Editor |
| Production | Arnaud Dommerc | Producer |
| Camera | Shadi Chaaban | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Rana Eid | Sound Designer |
| Production | Benoît Roland | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Ely Dagher | Editor |
| Production | Georges Schoucair | Co-Producer |
| Art | Sabine Sabbagh | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Diala Chaaban | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lara Mae Khamis | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nader Sidani | Hairstylist |