Summary
A meditation on the elemental bonds of family told through portraits of four Syrian families in the aftermath of war.
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- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Teens
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
- You want fast pacing
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+25)
Critics 93Audiences 68GoodWatch 71
Tomatometer100%
Metascore85
IMDb6.9
Audience score67%
Running time
1 h 37 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9697Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 88 countries
+78Released
2021
June 20, 2021
5 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Producers Guild of America Awards2022
- Outstanding Producer, Documentary Motion Picture2022Nominated
Directing · 1
- Megan Mylan Director, Producer, Editor
Production · 6
- Robin Hessman Producer
- Alaa Hassan Co-Producer
- Susan Bay Nimoy Co-Executive Producer
- Yara Hassan Co-Producer
- Hazem Obid Co-Producer
- G. Barrie Landry Co-Executive Producer
Camera · 3
- Lars Skree Director of Photography
- Rafia Salameh Director of Photography
- Michael Chin Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Purcell Carson Editor
Sound · 1
- Skip Lievsay Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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