Aya Jabrane

Sixteen-year-old Hamid sits alone on a small boat in the port of Kenitra, surrounded by ships, sirens and screaming seagulls. "Why does everything feel so fake? Am I cursed?" From this haunting opening, the film unfolds in flashbacks, revealing the weeks that brought him to this moment.

A young man lives with his father and works hard on their family farm. He’s in love with a girl from the village, and being around her makes him feel happy and at peace. But everything changes when he finds out that she will soon have to leave the village. This news hits him hard, making life on the farm feel even more difficult. On top of that, he feels uneasy about the scarecrow in their field, which seems to remind him of his worries and fears. As he tries to deal with his love for her and the thought of losing her, he struggles to keep everything together, feeling like life is slipping out of his control.

The bread is cold; the coffee shines for no reason. Rayhana feeds Her cat and writes he will at dusk. The window opens; a memory blows a heavy wind, flooding her present with the shadows of a past she fights.