Yara

larry john page

I see a view that is quiet, then it is loud with good ideas of love-the place is unknown to me until the end and that it is the best idea to have in mind. The view, simple unreferred, to be innocent of any other culture, a united nations connection, the living as freely to have strong linkages to a bloodline, rules that understand where the place is high.

saitosouta

In Japanese there's a word "honobono (ほのぼの)" which means simply "peaceful" but, more accurately, has more loose and comfortable nuance. "Yara" embodies the concept of "honobono". Animals wander carefreely in verdant nature and lovers sing in sunlight. Delightfully uneventful and breathtakingly alluring, it captures disarming beauty hiding in this world with simple yet ginormous magnanimity. What a little, little gem.

El Biffo

3.5* The love story is just a pretext for filming the beautiful Qadisha Valley in Northern Lebanon. Which isn't a bad idea, a travelogue masquerading as a drama. It is kind of strange how an incredibly magnificent place like this has almost no one living in it, and a completely unappealing and geographically uninteresting place like Indianapolis has almost a million residents. Go figure.

dionysus67

Extremely overrated and a typical example of auteur inflationism among professional film critics. The picturesque house in Northern Lebanon and the bright colors of objects in the surroundings do not compensate the mediocre acting, the lack of script, the rudimentary repérage, and the withdrawal from a solid likening of pristine love to the wider milieu. Essentially, this is postcard-cinema not even of bucolic value.

Asif Jatt

Beautiful and languorous film-making about first love in an idyllic setting amongst Lebanese mountain folk. I was mesmerised from the first scene right to the end....beautiful. The girl playing Yara has an innocent beauty which is captivating...reminded me of Manon des Sources!

easypz

Idyllic, but Yara & grandma depend on men for supplies/maintenance. Yara's 1st love respectful, but things turn menacing when "helpful" Rony imposes shadowy patriarchal anxiety just as lover Elias says he's leaving. Rony: "I can't accept it." Grandma: "Marry her." God no. Strong sequence as Yara considers gun & glimpses Elias passing barred bedroom window. So vulnerable. Poignant end. Slight awkwardness felt organic.

Mogens Madsen

Even on a Desert place like this Young love is reached by moralism - but the brave Young Girl defend herself -

Andrew

Yara lives alone with her grandmother in an isolated valley, most of whose inhabitants have died or emigrated abroad. One day. Yara meets a young stranger.