Tideline (French: Littoral) is a Canadian-French drama film, directed by Wajdi Mouawad and released in 2004.
[3] Its cast also includes Miro Lacasse, Isabelle Leblanc, David Boutin, Pascal Contamine, Manon Brunelle, Estelle Clareton, Thérèse Boulad, Hani Mattar, Abla Farhoud, Pierre Curzi and Stéphane F. Jacques.
[5] It was the first part of a thematically related, but not strictly sequential, trilogy of plays about characters of Middle Eastern origins confronting family secrets, followed by Scorched (Incendies) and Forests (Forêts).
Sandra Martin of The Globe and Mail rated it three stars, writing that "Mouawad deftly juxtaposes cultural aspirations with the brutal realities of a continuing and forgotten war with a humour that is both poignant and cynical,"[8] while David Laplante of Variety was more critical, writing that "while Laplante deftly conveys the shellshocked frustration of a man jolted out of his comfort zone, director Mouawad’s theatrical approach makes the mannered drama seem increasingly artificial.
"[1] Marc-André Lussier of La Presse criticized the film for casting predominantly white québécois actors as Lebanese characters, and wrote that Mouawad had not been entirely successful in transposing the story from a theatrical to a cinematic presentation.