President, First Lady Attend ‘Where Do We Go Now?’

President Michel Suleiman and First Lady Wafaa attended Nadine Labaki’s "Where Do We Go Now?" movie at the Sofil Center cinemas in Ashrafiyeh on Sunday night.

The crowds were surprised when they saw Suleiman entering the movie theater a few minutes before the start of the film.

Last month, the movie won the Toronto film festival's People's Choice Award for best picture.

The film stars are Labaki, Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Layla Hakim, Yvonne Maalouf and Antoinette Noufaily.

Set in a remote village where the church and the mosque stand side by side, "Where Do We Go Now?" follows the antics of the town's women folk to keep their blowhard men from starting a religious war. Women heartsick over sons, husbands and fathers lost to previous flare-ups unite to distract their men with clever ruses, from faking a miracle to hiring a troop of Ukrainian strippers.

With its proudly feminist message, the film pays homage to the powerful women of the Middle East — a group often overlooked by the West.