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Under a scorching sun, two brothers grapple with grief and memory, their bond unravelled by loss until dance becomes a fragile and poetic language of reconciliation.
In the heat of summer, two brothers try to come to terms with the loss of their father. Their grief deepens into obsession, threatening to divide them, until memory, dance, and light open a space of fragile reunion. Shot in black and white and inspired by lived experience, this intimate tale reclaims representations of kinship, exploring how mourning can also recover what seemed lost: a connection, a family, and the possibility of healing.

Credits

Director
Anas Sareen
Screenwriter
Anas Sareen
Producer
Julien Bono, Gaspard Vignon
Cinematographer
Silvio Gerber
Editor
Gianni Forteleoni
Production Company
Marmotte Productions
Distributor
Solal Films
Sound
Camille Bonard, Adrien Kessler
Set Designer
Marion Reymond
Cast
Abdeslam Jadrani
Sofiane El Bouhassani
Amine Sabir

About the Director

Anas Sareen
Born in 1992 in Dubai to an Iraqi-Turkish mother and Indian father, Anas Sareen studied literature and film history at the universities of Lausanne and Oxford before working as a screenwriter and director. He programmes feature films for Berlinale Generation and contributes regularly to Talking Shorts. Sareen has completed his second short, ‘Les Dieux (The Gods)’ (2025), and is developing his debu