Seeking to learn about her family history, a young woman sets out to question her mother, a filmmaker, about the story of her origins. While the stories told by the mother are initially plausible, they gradually become improbable and wild. Confused and skeptical, the daughter challenges them, questioning her mother about the meaning of passing down a fantasized collective memory.

Rima Samman
An eclectic filmmaker, multidisciplinary artist, French-Lebanese actress and producer, and a graduate in Orthoptics from the Pierre and Marie Curie Faculty of Medicine, Rima Samman interrupted her thesis in Arabic socio-linguistics at the Sorbonne Nouvelle to work in cinema, where she held several positions on auteur films. Her fiction films are pre-purchased by France 3 and Arte and have won awards at festivals, and her experimental/essay films are screened at festivals, museums, and movie theaters.

This screening is part of the 17th Arab Film Festival in partnership with Nadi Lekol Nas.

1h29min | 2023 | Lebanon / France