Film guide 2011
Where Do We Go Now?
Women in an isolated village join forces to keep religious tensions from becoming violence.
- Original title
- Et maintenant on va où ?
- Director
- Nadine Labaki
- Year
- 2011
Editorial profile. Availability on LAREINE TV has not been confirmed.
Story, without spoilers
A church and a mosque stand close together in a remote village. When conflict elsewhere begins to unsettle local relationships, Christian and Muslim women devise distractions to keep the men from fighting. Shared memories of loss make protecting their families an urgent collective task.
Context & recognition
Nadine Labaki combines comedy, musical passages and grief in a story about coexistence. Presented in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2011, her second feature also received Toronto's People's Choice Award that year.
Main characters & cast
Amale
Nadine Labaki
One of the women working to protect the village.
Takla
Claude Baz Moussawbaa
A villager involved in the women's common effort.
Afaf
Layla Hakim
A member of the group resisting renewed division.