This deeply moving, multigenerational drama follows a Palestinian teen, Noor, who gets swept up into a protest in the Occupied West Bank and experiences a moment of violence that rocks his family. The film unfolds as his mother recounts the political and emotional threads that led to that fateful moment.

It is divided into four chapters – the surge of violence during the Nakba in 1948; the consolidation of a new status quo in the West Bank in 1978; the outbreak of the First Intifada in 1988; and the filmic present of 2022.

Spanning seven decades, the film traces the hopes and heartaches of one uprooted family, bearing witness to the scars of dispossession and the enduring legacy of survival. His mother recounts the family story of hope, courage and relentless struggle that led to this fateful moment. Cherien Dabis’s devastating film makes us both witnesses and participants in a fathomless and irreparable loss.

Content Guidance: Contains racist language and scenes of violence.