Liliane Nemri

When Fares comes back from Syria to reopen his parents' restaurant in the Lebanese town of "Nesr El Jabal", he is struck by rumors accusing the powerful landlord Fawzi of their murder years ago. A truth that is bound to threaten the love story that has started with the beautiful Yasma, Fawzi's daughter who has just came back from Paris.

A series of thrilling events, will lead you to discover the big shocking truth.

In 1975, the long slog of civil war has recently begun in Beirut. Two friends, Tarek and Omar, suffer during the Lebanese civil war. Conflicts arise when they decide to cross from West to East, crossing the Muslim-Christian line that divides Beirut.

Farah has nothing of joy but the name. Since losing her husband on Christmas Eve, this mother of daughters lives in poverty, sorrow, and constant fear of her neighbor who wants to evict her from her home. When Farah agrees to participate in a Christmas candy fair, she meets Michael, a wealthy and optimistic young man. This encounter will change her life, her perspective on things, and the meaning of the holidays.

After 15 years in France, Kamal returns to his native Beirut and reassembles his dance crew, striving to modernize traditional Dabke routines.

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.

When Fares comes back from Syria to reopen his parents' restaurant in the Lebanese town of "Nesr El Jabal", he is struck by rumors accusing the powerful landlord Fawzi of their murder years ago. A truth that is bound to threaten the love story that has started with the beautiful Yasma, Fawzi's daughter who has just came back from Paris.

Farah has nothing of joy but the name. Since losing her husband on Christmas Eve, this mother of daughters lives in poverty, sorrow, and constant fear of her neighbor who wants to evict her from her home. When Farah agrees to participate in a Christmas candy fair, she meets Michael, a wealthy and optimistic young man. This encounter will change her life, her perspective on things, and the meaning of the holidays.