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Dreams of the City

أحلام المدينة

1984

After his father's death, a boy moves with his mother and brother to 1950s Damascus to live under the roof of a tyrannical grandfather, coming of age amid political turmoil and family strife. Mohammad Malas's poetic, autobiographical drama.

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Part of 10 Essential Syrian Films

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