Top Cast
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Hanan Shokier
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Waleed Al-Doubs
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Saaduldin Bakdounes
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Sa'ad Eddine Bakdouness
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Thanaa Dabssi
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لينا باتع
Overview
In a desolate, conservative region of Syria a woman falls in love and runs away with a school teacher while her husband is away working in the city.
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