Waleed (40) lives in Haifa with his wife and children and dreams of a writing career while suffering from chronic depression. He develops a close relationship with his neighbor (a small-time crook) with an ulterior plot in mind. While the scheme turns into an unexpected friendship between the two men, it leads them into a journey of dark encounters.
Directed by Maha Haj
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Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
Cast
Amer Hlehel
Waleed
Ashraf Farah
Jalal
Anat Hadid
Ola
Shaden Kanboura
Raneen
Yussuf Abu-Warda
Aziz
Sobhi Hosary
Husam
Samar Qupty
Lina
Crew
Maha Haj
Director
Maha Haj
Writer
Antoine Héberlé
Director of Photography
Martin Hampel
Producer
Marios Piperides
Producer
Thanassis Karathanos
Producer
Popular Reviews
5 reviews
aicha
3.0★ · 09/09/25
uhm no
uhm no
Gio
6.0★ · 08/13/24
I feel like the ending fell short, but other than that I enjoyed Jalal’s chatacter. Anyways Free Palestine til It’s Backwards 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
I feel like the ending fell short, but other than that I enjoyed Jalal’s chatacter. Anyways Free Palestine til It’s Backwards 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
Kapihana Pai
7.0★ · 10/02/22
Very strong script, I can see why it won at Cannes
Very strong script, I can see why it won at Cannes