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The socio-politics of a film shot in a country like Lebanon are of necessity extremely important. All the more courageous, then, is the talented filmmaker's decision to let the context of this country's turbulent past speak exclusively through the words and expressions of the three young women it follows over the course of five years as they search for the form and foundation of love and its influence on their lives. Extreme intimacy through the intense female bond, through the detailed shots of their faces. Far from creating a barrier, the camera functions as a channel through which the essence nourishing our human core flows back and forth. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)