

Overview
After fifteen years of imprisonment, Ziad struggles to adjust to modern Palestinian life as the hero everyone hails him to be. Unable to distinguish reality from hallucination he unravels and forces himself to go back to where it all began.
Top Cast

Ziad Bakri
Ziad

Areen Omari
Ziad's mother

Jameel Khoury
Octopus

Yasmine Qaddumi
Mina

Mariam Basha
Nawal

Amir Khoury
Ziad (teen)
Maya Omaia Keesh
Salma
Ahmad Jubeh
Mo-Mo
Sanad Amina
Sanad
Adham Abu Aqel
Ramzi (teen)
Munther Bannourah
Octopus (teen)
Abedalrahman Zubaidi
Mo-Mo (teen)
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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