Directed by one of the luminaries of Arab cinema, Jocelyne Saab, this tale of platonic love between a young refugee girl and a middle-aged painter is part of a series of films ‒though the rest are documentaries‒ that Saab made about her hometown, Beirut, under siege, shelling and civil war. In light of recent massacres in the Middle East, particularly in Gaza, the film stands as a shattering testimony to the act of believing in beauty under the shadow of imminent death and destruction.
Restored in 4K in 2025 by the Association Jocelyne Saab, in collaboration with the Film Archives of Switzerland and Quebec, from the original 1985 Cannes copy.
