Unpopularanddown-on-her-luck,Margeisalreadyhavingatoughtimenavigatingtheminefieldthatishersuburbanhighschool.ButMarge’slifeiscompletelyupendedwhenherbelovedmotherandonlychampion(Greer)diesinatragicaccident.Withnowhereelsetoturnexceptherultra-conservativegrandparents,Margedecidesinsteadtohuntdownherestrangedfather(Zahn),aformersoccerstarlivinginruralMexicoasabeachbumandcoachtothelocalwomen’steam.Neitherisreadyforsuchabigchange,butthebestshottheyhaveatfixingtheirpastandmovingforwardistogether. Fourteen-year-oldFarhadreamsofattendingschoolinthecitywithherbestfriendFarida,butsheknowsthat,asthedaughterofthemukhtar(theheadofthevillage,playedbyAshrafBarhom),sheisinforanuphillbattleagainsttradition.GirlsFarha’sageareexpectedtomarry.It’s1948,andBritishcontroloverPalestineiscomingtoanend.WhatFarhaandherfatherdonotyetknowisthatforceddisplacementsarealreadyhappeningacrosstheregion.WhenIsraelibombsreachtheirvillage,Farha’sfatherlocksherinthecellaroftheirhome,promisingtoreturnassoonashecan.WhileFarhawaitsandwatchesthroughthecracks,thevillageshewassoexcitedtoleaveistransformedtoruin,threateninganendtothefutureshehadplannedandleavingonlytracememoriesinitswake.AdauntlessandcompellingfeaturedebutbyJordanianfilmmakerDarinJ.Sallam,Farhacapturesboththeisolatingterrorsofwarandthelingeringbeautythatcancolourrecollectionsofdispossession—amentalrecordofthelastlaughshared,thefaintsmelloffreedombeforethevoidofexile.AnimpressiveleadperformancefromnewcomerKaramTaherpunctuatescatastrophiclosswithuncompromisingdetermination.Inthisremarkableanddevastatingstory,Sallam’sresonantdirectorialvoicepresentsapenetratingperspectiveontheNakbaandreturnsthegazetoaculturallegacyinthemidstofaglobalresurgence. 
