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Director Ossama Mohammed's debut depicts the Ghazi family, who are preparing for two weddings. The family is dominated by an authoritarian older brother, a metaphor for the country's regime. The film is a demonstration of the artistic skill of the director, who uses a coded visual language to circumvent censorship. The film was banned in Syria after one screening in 1988, but was distributed in Europe. After Mohammed criticized the regime during the 2011 riots, he went into exile in France.