Director:
Philippe Van Leeuw
Writer:
Philippe Van Leeuw
Starring:
Hiam Abbass, Diamand Bou Abboud, Juliette Navis, Mohsen Abbas
Trapped inside her house in a city under siege, Oum Yazan (Hiam Abbas), mother of three, turned her flat into a safe harbor for her family and neighbors, trying to protect them from the war outside. When bombs threaten to destroy the building, when snipers turn the courtyards into deadly zones, and burglars break in to claim their dreadful bounties, maintaining the thin balance of routine inside the walls becomes a matter of life and death.
Plot summary from IMDb: A mother attempts to keep her family safe as war rages and a sniper lies in wait outside her home. This nerve-wracking study of life in Damascus won an Audience Award at Berlinale.
Awards: 11 wins & 7 nominations.
Runtime: 85 min
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