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Jesus Loves Youssef, is a 2011 Lebanese movie, directed by Ephrem Kossaify, and starring Youssef Gebran, Zad Khalifeh, Fadi Abdel Nour. with a runtime of 12 minutes.
Jesus Loves Youssef is a Lebanese drama set in a Maronite Christian community, following ten-year-old Youssef in the week leading up to his First Communion. When Youssef discovers masturbation, he simultaneously stumbles into an overwhelming awareness of sin — and an urgent need to negotiate a private deal with God before the sacred ceremony. Pressure comes at him from every direction: his mother, his brother, and the parish priest all have expectations he struggles to meet while wrestling with feelings he barely understands. The film portrays childhood guilt and budding self-discovery with a mix of warmth, dark humor, and empathy, capturing the peculiar terror of trying to be good when the body and the church seem to be pulling in opposite directions.
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