Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Age rating
- 15
- Language
- Arabic
- Country
- France, Lebanon, United Kingdom, United States
Why tonight?
- In Arabic — subtitles on.
The story
After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.
- child abuse
- slum
- refugee
- neglect
- child bride
- lawsuit
- undocumented immigrant
- poverty
- life in the slums
- slum dwellers
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Fadi Kamel Yousef — Selim
- Cedra Izzam — Sahar
- Alaa Chouchnieh — Aspro
- Elias Khoury — The Judge
- Nadine Labaki — Nadine
- Nour el Husseini — Assaad
- Joseph Jimbazian — Cockroach Man / Harout
- Samira Chalhoub — Daad
- Farah Hasno — Maysoun
- Directed
- Nadine Labaki
Production
- Studio
- Boo Pictures, Mooz Films, Les Films des Tournelles, Open City Films, KNM, Synchronicity Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
