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Everything in Syria is becoming more difficult. In the village on the other side of the border, the cold is unbearable this year, and two elderly brothers are looking to redeem themselves and each other.
In the wake of fierce battles of the Syrian Civil War, old Mustafa crosses the border, and returns to his hometown in the occupied Golan Heights. There, he meets his brother Kamel, whom he has not seen in 47 years. Kamel tries to protect his brother, who is aligned with the rebels in Syria, from the villagers who seek to betray him. He embarks on a journey in an attempt to save Mustafa, and finds himself in confrontation with the people around him, and most of all with himself.

Credits

Director
Ehab Tarabieh
Screenwriter
Ehab Tarabieh
Producer
Sol Goodman, Jonathan Doweck
Production Company
Railroad Movies

About the Director

Ehab Tarabieh
Ehab Tarabieh was born in Majdal Shams, a small village in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. Growing up under Israeli military occupation, Tarabieh was politically active at very young age. He studied classical violin at the Conservatory for Classical Music in Damascus before relocating to the Czech Republic to study film. After graduating, he made several award-winning short films that documente

Producers

Sol Goodman

Sol Goodman is a producer based in Brooklyn, New York. Coming from a small town in Kansas, Goodman worked as a civil rights and environmental activist for many years, sailing around the world four times before settling down. After studying Film and Literature at the New School in New York City, Goodman established RailRoad Films along with Jonathan Doweck. RailRoad Films produces documentary and narrative films for cinema, and has presented films at the Berlin, Cannes, San Sebastian, HotDocs, Tribeca and Toronto film festivals.

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