Rakan Mayasi brings deeply personal debut about arranged marriage to Cannes | The National
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Source: The National (UAE)
Published: 2026-05-23 13:02 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 90
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Culture & Entertainment, Indigenous, Middle East
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Arriving in Cannes with his debut feature, Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep, filmmaker Rakan Mayasi is feeling vulnerable but defiant. Premiering in the Un Certain Regard strand, his deeply personal drama is set in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, and follows the fate of two sisters, played by Rim and Jawaher Al Mawla, caught amid a bloody feud between Bedouin tribes.
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