The Key

Boushra, one of the potato-picking girls, returns from a long day of work in the field only to learn that today her childhood will come to an end.

A Palestinian couple resorts to an unusual way to conceive as the husband is detained in an Israeli jail where visits are restricted.

In a Bedouin village on the Lebanon–Syria border, a burned truck sets off a hunt for Gamra, blamed for burning her lover’s car. As her cousin searches for her, he accidentally kills a man from a rival clan, sparking a blood feud. His sisters are traded for peace. Will their sacrifice end the violence, or ignite a war across the village?

Hélène is missing at her father’s funeral. Her brother, Vincent, refuses to allow the family to enter the house of the deceased. After the ceremony, the grandchildren of the grandpa try an improvised picnic despite the tensions and the heavy silence.