A dreamer with a diploma wakes up in a nightmare — and the village isn't buying his innocence.
A newly graduated young doctor has hopes of making his way steadily in his country, or of traveling to another country in order to achieve his dreams. In the village, he wakes up from his rosy dream he lived before he traveled to a harsh reality, after he is accused of murder.
Acting
Mona Wassef carries the moral weight like gravity.
Direction
Shahin's village feels lived-in, suffocating, unforgettable.
Director
Muhammad Shahin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of 1970s Syrian cinema's surge of socially critical films that rarely left the region. Finding this with subtitles is archaeology.
The 'travel abroad' trope here isn't escapism — it's class desperation. The film knows his real crime was wanting out.
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