A Sad and Beautiful World Film Review - Loud And Clear Reviews
In A Sad and Beautiful World, passion and heartbreak unfold in Lebanon as Nino and Yasmina fight to love each other despite tragedy. A Sad and Beautiful World had its World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival on August 31, 2025, in the Giornate degli Autori strand. Joyland (2019) Review: Repressed Desires & Gender RolesA Sad and Beautiful World is a sweeping love story that spans three decades of passion, heartbreak, and hope. The film follows Nino (Hassan Akl) and Yasmina (Mounia Akl) who find themselves drawn together by a magnetic relationship.The screenplay is solid, balancing sweeping romance with the weight of Lebanon’s instability. There’s real charm here too, with moments of levity and warmth that soften the harsher truths. Yet, as much as the movie succeeds in evoking both sadness and beauty, it sometimes stumbles in tone.Like its title suggests, A Sad and Beautiful World is exactly that: a film of contrasts. There’s so much tenderness in the way Nino and Yasmina try to build a life together, and yet there’s tragedy lurking in every corner, a reminder that survival often overshadows happiness.