Areen Al Asmi

The filmmaker’s journey of self-discovery as she films the stages of her journey in the big city, Damascus, in search of answers to questions for which wartime left no space. The three female characters in the film portray the city, the impact of the war on it and, indirectly, the relationship between the characters and their origins and, by extension, the nature of their prospective relationships with their land after the war ends. Areen eventually discovers that the answers she is looking for cannot be found through those persons but, rather, by delving into roots in her native village in the south, which sets into motion the return journey to the self.