In this study of a kidnapped man returning to his loved ones after decades in detention, filmmaker Bahij Hojeij explores how a missing husband and parent affects his family's social dynamic, while the city he once also called home - in this case the ever-evolving Lebanese capital of Beirut - changes too in his absence.
In his second narrative feature, longtime Lebanese documentary filmmaker Bahij Hojeij tells the story of Ramez, a man kidnapped 20 years ago who has just been released back to his wife and children. As the man-child slowly and awkwardly rediscovers his family life, he also explores the crowded streets of the new urban landscape, with all the shifting emotions that come with a different skyline, altered neighborhoods, and the lingering scars of recent wars. Discovering the world around him for the first time in decades, Ramez's assimilation back into society is uneasy and painful - he has an unexplained obsession with hoarding paper bags, and on one of his winding walks he meets a woman whose own husband similarly disappeared years ago. For some missing gaps in life, there are no simple answers.
