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When a mother and daughter begin bonding by making pickles in their Southern Lebanese village, a phone call from the mayor disturbs their peace and forces prompt decisions about their safety.
In a quiet Southern Lebanese village, Soraya, a widowed mother, prepares homemade pickles with her daughter, Angelina, before the threat of war looms over their home. When an evacuation warning arrives, mother and daughter must face the unspoken grief of always losing their land, love and safety. After they separate, an Israeli unit raids the abandoned house and devours the food left behind, unknowingly consuming poison. The farmhouse lies in ruins, but in its silence remains a final act of resistance: a love preserved like a prayer, and a death that refuses to come quietly.

Credits

Director
Joy Hallak
Screenwriter
Mayssam Bazerji Hallak
Producer
Rami Bou Issa

About the Director

Joy Hallak
Joy Hallak, born in Beirut on 4 September 1996, is a Lebanese-Syrian actress fluent in Arabic, French, English and some Spanish. She holds a bachelor’s degree in filmmaking from Notre Dame University-Louaize. She began in short films, then appeared in Lebanese series such as ‘Hades Aleb’, ‘Al Ain Bel Ain’, ‘Slave Market’, ‘Al Ghareeb’ and ‘Aa Amal’, available on Shahid. Her film credits include ‘C

Producers

Ramy Bou Issa