Rashid — a doctor from Syria — struggles to adjust to his life in Canada after five years in Toronto’s Thorncliffe Park with his wife Farah and son Ammar.
He tries to work as an unlicensed doctor for his neighbors, but when Farah becomes more involved in their local community, tensions in their fragile marriage begin to take their toll.
Cast
Hussam Douhna
Amani Ibrahim
Abdullah Nadaf
Lynn Nantume
Crew
Screenwriter: Antoine Bourges & Teyama Alkamli
DOP: Nikolay Michaylov
Editor: Lindsay Allikas
Production Company(ies):
Markhor Pictures, General Use
Producer(s):
Sheherezade Mian, Antoine Bourges
Toronto International Film Festival, Canada (Wavelengths)
Berlin International Film Festival, Germany (Forum 2023)
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada
Montreal International Documentary Festival, Canada (RIDM)
JeonJu International Film Festival, South Korea
Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil
Gijón International Film Festival, Spain