Taif Al Madina

Synopsis

Rami, a 12-year-old boy, is forced to leave his war-torn village in South Lebanon. In Beirut, he finds a job in a Café run by a warm-hearted widow. When the civil war breaks out in the city, Rami's musician friend is murdered and his best friend Yasmin is forced to leave the neighborhood. Twelve years later, Rami and his father are kidnapped near the frontline dividing Beirut in two. Rami escapes and joins the militia where he meets Shiam, a woman determined to find her missing husband.