Five siblings and their children come together in the perennial comfort of their childhood home to celebrate Eid al-Fitr. From the warm embrace of their gathering, they cannot anticipate how their relationships will be reconfigured by the morning.\u00a0 A phone call brings news that their father has been involved in a car accident. Arriving at the hospital, the siblings discover him in good shape, but the collision causes a rupture in a long-held facade, unleashing secrets that will undo family ties. The revelations to come will change their connection to each other and to the past forever.<\/p>\n
Put to the test, fragility, strength, and weakness emerge. Through the course of a single, harrowing night, the past is re-written and relationships recast. Through one family, an entire society is revealed.<\/p>\n
The writer and filmmaker Mohammed Alholayyil has made several critically acclaimed short films, including \u201cMator\u201d and \u201c300KM\u201d.\u00a0 His work delivers an in-depth analysis of society with a dark sense of humor.<\/p>\n
The producer and writer Abdulrahman Khawj is among the pioneers of the independent Saudi film movement. He founded Cinepoetics Pictures, a film production company based in Jeddah, and has produced and directed two feature films: \u201cPoetry Bride\u201d (2017) and \u201cPhysical Specifications of Coffee\u201d (2019), as well as contributing to multiple short and feature films. Khwaja lectures in screenwriting at Effat University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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