Maia, a single mother, lives in Montreal with her teenage daughter, Alex. On Christmas Eve, they receive an unexpected delivery: notebooks, tapes, and photos Maia, from 13 to 18 years old, sent from Beirut to her best friend who left for Paris to escape the civil war. Maia refuses to open the box...
A Syrian taxi driver on the road with his three Lebanese passengers towards the Syrian-Lebanese border finds himself in a risky situation when he discovers that his passengers are smuggling stolen historical artifacts from Syria.
Warm-hearted idealist Nino and wounded cynic Yasmina are star-crossed lovers living in Beirut. But as conflict continues to dominate their lives, Nino and Yasmina’s relationship is torn apart by whether or not to leave the country, a question that repeats itself in their childhood, adulthood and...