Hussein Hussam

Two fourteen-year-old twins, Mahmoud and Sayed, go out fishing in a secluded area on the banks of the Mediterranean. Mahmoud catches a fish using his father’s fishing rod, sparking a violent fight between the twins, as each hopes to offer it to their father. The fight ends with Sayed drowning, leaving Mahmoud forced to break the news to his family. Upon hearing the news, the boys’ father goes into shock, consumed by complex grief, deliriously convinced that it was Mahmoud who drowned, not Sayed. The boy and his grandmother fail to convince him otherwise, and Mahmoud is left to grapple with the reality of his father’s preference for his twin Sayed. The father calls Mahmoud by his brother’s name, which leaves Mahmoud struggling to accept his new identity. However, when he feels the warmth of his father’s exclusive love, he takes extreme measures to embrace it in order to secure his father’s affection.