Thirty episodes of Damascus drama that'll make your own family look functional.
Season 1 • Episode 30
LatestThe series discusses the living conditions of middle-class families by presenting the daily lives of a group of educated characters looking for job opportunities and self-fulfillment in the capital, Damascus, and it deals with the relationships between spouses, siblings, friends, and lovers, as well as between parents and children.
Acting
Sulaf Fawakherji carries the weight of generational dreams beautifully.
Production
Pre-war Damascus captured as both character and impending ghost.
Creator
Yam Mashhadi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot entirely in Damascus months before the 2011 uprising, the series now serves as unintentional time capsule of a city soon to be transformed.
Creator Yam Mashhadi deliberately cast theater actors to bring stage-trained subtlety to small-screen domestic conflicts.
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