Comrades and lovers Amer and Raghda met in a Syrian prison cell 15 years ago. When McAllister first meets their family in 2009, Raghda is back in prison leaving Amer to look after their 4 boys alone; but as the ‘Arab Spring’ sweeps the region, the family’s fate shifts irrevocably. Filmed over 5 years, the film charts their incredible odyssey to political freedom.
Editing Matt Scholes
Production Elhum Shakerifar, Sean McAllister
Music Terence Dunn
AUDIO: English, Arabic, French
SUBTITLE: Romanian, English