NEZOUH

By Soudade KAADAN

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Drama - Completed 2021


Festivals
& Awards

La Biennale di Venezia - Venice FF 2022
Orizzonti
Red Sea IFF 2022
Official Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM, SYRIA, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Duration
    • 104 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Soudade KAADAN
    • Synopsis
    • An allegorical tale of female emancipation set amidst the Syrian conflict in Damascus, about a family who decides to stay behind in the besieged area. When a shell rips a giant hole in the roof of the building where 14-year-old Zeina and her family live, they are suddenly exposed to the outside world. One day a young boy living nearby lowers a rope through the opening in the family’s roof and Zeina discovers her first taste of freedom. Whilst her father is determined to stay in his home and not become a refugee, this new window opens up an unimaginable world of possibilities to her and her mother who now face a dilemma of whether to stay or leave.