Nadine Labaki: Interview With 'Where Do We Go Now' Director  on
May 11 2012 5:39 PM  Where Do We Go Now? -- a film opening
Friday -- centers on a group of women who are fed up with the
absurdity of war and who work to distract their husbands and
sons from engaging in battle.  Nadine Labaki's simultaneously
comedic and heartbreaking film is set in a remote Lebanese
village where Muslims and Christians coexist peacefully until
conflict breaks out. The themes explored are not limited only to
Lebanon: Where Do We Go Now? captures the experience of living
in war-torn countries all around the world.  The film was
inspired by what took place in Lebanon on May 7, 2008. Violence
erupted after the government announced that it was shutting down
the telecommunication network used by Hezbollah, a Muslim
militant group.  That same day, Labaki discovered that she was
pregnant. The thought of how far she would go to protect her
children from the perils of warfare led her to develop the film.
Where Do We Go Now? is a bold and