Damascus, Spring 2011. It's the early stages of the civil war. 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.
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.woman-director, mdblist.fresh, imdb.female-friendship, imdb.arab-spring, imdb.title-directed-by-female, imdb.salesgirl, imdb.brief-female-full-frontal-nudity + 13 more, imdb.damascus-syria, imdb.civil-war, imdb.widow, imdb.arranged-marriage, imdb.middle-east, imdb.two-way-mirror, imdb.sex-with-sister-s-fiance, imdb.sex-with-fiancee-s-sister, imdb.cheating-fiance, imdb.female-full-frontal-nudity, imdb.female-frontal-nudity, imdb.female-nudity, imdb.female-rear-nudity
Production companies: Dublin Films, Gloria Films, Katuh Studio, Les Films de la Capitaine, Liman FilmZDF
