In the middle of the darkest night, Jana returns to her parents' home. She returns when no one is expecting her. After a long time spent abroad without giving any news, she finds a familiar but curiously strange environment. The outside world assaults her, the constraint to fit in torments her and she withdraws into her inner world. The only way out is to immerse herself in the city she had tried so hard to escape.
Her anguish of the past as well as of her future pushes her to take refuge with Adam, her former love. Jana tries to reconcile with herself in the midst of the chaos of Beirut, where dreams and realities mix in an uncertain present.
Festival de Cannes 2021 – Directors’ Fortnight
BFI London Film Festival 2021 – Official Selection
MANAL ISSA
ROGER AZAR
YARA ABOU HAIDAR
RABIH EL ZAHER
DIRECTOR
Ély Dagher
SCENARIO
Ély Dagher
PRODUCERS
Benoit Roland
Antoine Dommerc
Georges Schoucair
Alex Turtlaub
Michael Clark
DOP
Shadi Chaaban
SOUND
Rana Eid
SET DESGIGN
Sabine Sabbagh
COSTUME DESIGNER
Lara Mae Khamis
EDITER
Léa Masson
MUSIC
Joh Dagher