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The story of a young woman searching for the truth and discovering herself.
Nada is going home. Or at least she wants to. When she returns to Lebanon, she realises she's a foreigner in her own country. But there's still a place she calls home: a house that stands in ruins, abandoned and haunted by the presence of her grandfather, who mysteriously disappeared during the civil war. Something terrible happened in this house. Something violent. A crime...

Credits

Director
Jihane Chouaib
Screenwriter
Jihane Chouaib
Producer
Nathalie Trafford
Editor
Ludo Troch
Production Company
Dschoint Ventschr, Eklektik Production, Né à Beyrouth
Cast
Golshifteh Farahani, Maximilien Seweryn, François Nour

About the Director

Jihane Chouaib
Jihane Chouaib was born in Beirut just before the Lebanese Civil War, and spent her childhood in Mexico. She studied Philosophy and Theatre in France. Chouaib has directed five short films, including the critically acclaimed 'From Under My Bed' (2005), which was presented at the Semaine de la critique at the Festival de Cannes. In 2012, her feature documentary 'Dream Country' was released in Franc

Producers

Nathalie Trafford

Nathalie Trafford was born in Chile and spent her childhood in Spain. After graduating from the Lycée Français in Madrid, she settled in Paris, where she studied Art History at the Sorbonne. In 1995, she began working as an executive producer in Chile. One year later, she set up Paraíso Production Diffusion in France, with the aim of producing art-house films. She conceives of her producing career as a way of building bridges between cultures. To date, she has produced 12 feature films as delegate producer or co-producer, and 30 short films. She has contributed to the work of talented emerging directors including Andrés Wood, Ricardo Larrain, Matias Bize, Bruno Rolland, Camila Guzman Alicia Scherson, Katell Quillévéré, Jihane Chouaib, Fabianny Deschamps and Jérôme Schlomoff, among others.

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