Director Khaled Youssef

The events take place in 1989,recounting the story of a struggling Egyptian mother,Hoda,whose husband left her more than ten years ago,since he could not stand the new realities after signing the peace accords with Israel which he charged responsible for the death of his family members and friends and for his physical disability.After the absence of her husband,she is wholly dedicated to raising up her sons,Ali and Nagui.Ali goes to Iraq under the pressure of a financial distress,which causes his lover's dissertation.In search for more money,he joins the Iraqi army and is chosen to be one of the soldiers going to Kuwait in 1990.Ali refuses to take part in killing the Kuwaitis,he even sympathizes with the resistance.Tragedy escalated when Nagui oins the Egyptian army and goes to Kuwait,among the Egyptian deterrent troops sent to Kuwait.Hoda loses control on her feelings of the possibility of having the two brothers face-to-face in battle.