Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Manal Issa
Jana
Lead
Roger Azar
Adam
YA
Yara Abou Haidar
Mona (Jana's Mother)
RE
Rabih El Zaher
Wissam (Jana's Father)
Fadi Abi Samra
Walid (Jana's Uncle)
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ely Dagher's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Sea Ahead is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”