Director: Denis Villeneuve

Writers: Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne; Denis Villeneuve

From a play by: Wajdi Mouawad

Keywords: Drama

A twin brother and sister set out on an emotional journey to the Middle East as part of a mission to fulfill their recently-deceased mother's dying wishes.

ABSTRACT
Nawal Marwan, mother to twin brother and sister Simon and Jeanne Marwan, passes away after suffering a massive stroke at a community swimming pool, sending the pair to her Lebanon-esque homeland in the Middle East as stipulated in her will. Flashbacks to Nawal's traumatizing upbringing are utilized to paint a picture of the late mother's life and times as the twin venture out to her native corner of the world, ultimately learning a lesson about their lineage and respective existences by film's end.

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