Lebanon-Set ‘Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep’ Boarded by Salaud Morisset Ahead of Premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)

Andreea Neblea

Paris- and Berlin-based Salaud Morisset has boarded world sales on “Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep,” the debut feature from Palestinian filmmaker Rakan Mayasi , ahead of its premiere in Un Certain Regard at this year’s Cannes Film Festival . Set in a Bedouin village in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, “Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep” unfolds as a community searches for Gamra, a young woman accused of setting fire to the car of the man she loved after he chose to marry another. Mayasi said: “This film