After living in Europe for several years, Ziad returns to visit his family in his North Lebanon hometown at the Syrian border. When he arrives, the tension is palpable. Ziad tries to reconnect with his family.
The film is a simple love story reminiscent of stories like The Notebook released in 2004. Sylvie and Robert are rarely actually together in the film, however; time and circumstance keep them away from each other, and the audience waits with bated breath to see them find one another over and over.
This Disney Pixar movie is based on the elements air, fire, water, and earth.
The repeated actions, the blood on the petals, the rustling under the floor…An ambient short horror film takes us into another realm.
The most impressive aspect of this film is the honest and natural performances given by the on-screen duo.
Two movies that do a fantastic job in conveying the ongoing struggle for racial justice are Selma (2014) and Just Mercy (2019).
