Basel Haidar

The story is set in a fiery period at the end of the 19th century in a tense atmosphere charged with the premonitions of the First World War. After Assi Al-Zand's discharge from military service and his return to his village on the banks of the Orontes river, he is caught up in a series of conflicts and conspiracies involving the region's leading political figures.

When the honourable officer Moussa discovers that his siblings are counterfeiting dollar bills, he’s caught in a moral trap: either let them face the criminal underworld or take the reins of a dirty game to shield them.

In the Syrian deserts of war, a love story blossoms between a young man and a young woman who turn cherries into pens as they write love letters to one another. The couple has to live a national struggle as they witness the Six-Day War and the October War, as war changes the scene around them.