A young 15 year old girl, Lamia, lives in a southern Lebanese village on the border with Israel. She is given in marriage to her cousin on the other side of the border. As Lamia crosses the barbed wire she also passes from childhood into adulthood, as brutal as our countries and the events that are to follow.
Flavia Bechara
Lamia
Maher Bsaibes
Youssef
Randa Asmar
Amira
Renée Dick
Mabrouke
Julia Kassar
Jamilé
Liliane Nemri
Shirine
Ziad Rahbani
Ziad
Nayef Naji
Nabil
Alia Nemry
Zalfa
A young 15 year old girl, Lamia, lives in a southern Lebanese village on the border with Israel. She is given in marriage to her cousin on the other side of the border. As Lamia crosses the barbed wire she also passes from childhood into adulthood, as brutal as our countries and the events that are to follow.
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