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By Gaya JIJI

SCHORTCUT FILMS - as FIN

First film - Completed 2018

Damascus, Spring 2011. It's the early stages of the revolution. 25-year-old Nahla is torn between her desire for freedom and the hope of leaving the country thanks to her arranged marriage with Samir, a Syrian expatriate in the USA. When he chooses her younger, more docile sister Myriam, Nahla finds

Festivals
& Awards

Cannes IFF 2018
Un Certain Regard
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • First film, Drama
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, GERMANY, TURKEY
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Duration
    • 95 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Gaya JIJI
    • Producer(s)
    • Laurent LAVOLÉ (Gloria Films Production)
    • Synopsis
    • Damascus, Spring 2011. It's the early stages of the revolution. 25-year-old Nahla is torn between her desire for freedom and the hope of leaving the country thanks to her arranged marriage with Samir, a Syrian expatriate in the USA. When he chooses her younger, more docile sister Myriam, Nahla finds refuge at her neighbor's, the mysterious Ms Jiji.