festivals & awards

Orizzonti Extra, Venice International Film Festival 2022 / Audience Award

synopsis

14-year-old Zeina and her family are the last to have stayed in their besieged hometown of
Damascus in Syria. A missile rips a giant hole in their home, exposing them to the outside
world. When a rope is mysteriously lowered into the hole, Zeina gets her first taste of freedom,
and an unimaginable world of possibility opens up for her. As the violence outside escalates,
the family is pressured to evacuate, but Mutaz, her father is adamant that they stay, refusing
to flee to the uncertain life of a refugee. Faced with a life-or-death dilemma, Zeina and Hala,
her mother, must make the choice whether to stay or leave.