Synopsis
After enduring the ordeal of unimaginable loss, Suleiman and Lubna have retired to an isolated farmhouse where they cultivate their garden and passionately debate the life choices of their five children. Until a stranger reveals a poignant truth.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Still Moving
- Foreign production companies : August Film, Okta Film
- Film exports/foreign sales : MAD Solutions
Full credits (13)
- Screenwriter : Maha Haj
- Director of Photography : Augustin Bonnet
- Music Composer : Munder Odeh
- Editor : Véronique Lange
- Costume designer : Hamada Atallah
- Foreign producers : Hanna Atallah, Ronza Kamel, Paolo Benzi, Teresa Mannino
- Co-producers : Juliette Lepoutre, Pierre Menahem
- Production manager : Sama Makhoul
- Sound Editor : Francesco Albertelli
- Production Designer : Saher Dwairy
- Make-up Artist : Mikhael Saadi
- Sound Mixer : Adrian Baumeister
- Sound design : Marta Billingsley
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : Palestine, France, Italy
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Palestine, France, Italy)
- Production year : 2024
- Runtime : 32 min 43 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
News (3)
Selections (3)
Awards (2)
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
France, 2025
Prix du public compétition internationale

Locarno Film Festival
Switzerland, 2024
Golden Leopard Award in the Corti d'Autore Competition
Prix du jury jeune compétition Corti d’autore

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