Fourteen-year-oldFarhadreamsofattendingschoolinthecitywithherbestfriendFarida,butsheknowsthat,asthedaughterofthemukhtar(theheadofthevillage,playedbyAshrafBarhom),sheisinforanuphillbattleagainsttradition.GirlsFarha’sageareexpectedtomarry.It’s1948,andBritishcontroloverPalestineiscomingtoanend.WhatFarhaandherfatherdonotyetknowisthatforceddisplacementsarealreadyhappeningacrosstheregion.WhenIsraelibombsreachtheirvillage,Farha’sfatherlocksherinthecellaroftheirhome,promisingtoreturnassoonashecan.WhileFarhawaitsandwatchesthroughthecracks,thevillageshewassoexcitedtoleaveistransformedtoruin,threateninganendtothefutureshehadplannedandleavingonlytracememoriesinitswake.AdauntlessandcompellingfeaturedebutbyJordanianfilmmakerDarinJ.Sallam,Farhacapturesboththeisolatingterrorsofwarandthelingeringbeautythatcancolourrecollectionsofdispossession—amentalrecordofthelastlaughshared,thefaintsmelloffreedombeforethevoidofexile.AnimpressiveleadperformancefromnewcomerKaramTaherpunctuatescatastrophiclosswithuncompromisingdetermination.Inthisremarkableanddevastatingstory,Sallam’sresonantdirectorialvoicepresentsapenetratingperspectiveontheNakbaandreturnsthegazetoaculturallegacyinthemidstofaglobalresurgence.
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