Death of a Virgin and the Sin of Not Living

Aa Amal Tiji

Courtesy of the Berlin Film Festival

VERDICT: The fears and longings of four Lebanese boys on their way to lose their virginity is conveyed in interior monologues in George Peter Barbari’s poignant and deeply original first film.

A partly humorous, mostly dramatic account of a coming-of-age ritual that feels more like an act of
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