Oussama MohammedCast
Zuhair Abdlulkarim Sabah As-Salem Saad Eddin Baqdoones Fuad Ghazi Muhsen Ghazi Ahmad Hassan
Credits
Written by: Ossama Mohammed
Cinematography: Abdulqader Sharbaji
Plot
A Syrian family in a coastal town is ruled by a domineering mother, and the film is a symbolic, surreal allegory of a repressive society, in a banned, poetic film.
Sinekatalog’s take
A poetic and symbolic Syrian allegory.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (128 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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