Damascus with Love

Damascus with Love

A simple touch is enough to revive an old love.

2010 · 95 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama

A Jewish Syrian girl sets for departure from home city Damascus, but reverses her decision because her father discloses a secret that was kept for years. The secret being about a Lover who was thought to be dead. The girl reveals the mysteries of the past in search of another side of magical Damascus, hence falling in love with a Christian man who disappears in Lebanon’s civil war. She finds herself facing a difficult choice, but the city itself will keep the door of love and choices wide open to infinite possibilities.

Directed by Mohammad Abdel Aziz · Written by Mohammad Abdel Aziz

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