She survived a revolution. Now her kitchen table might destroy her.
Almost 10 years after the Arab spring, the young Egyptian archaeologist Maysoon is living in Berlin with her German boyfriend Tobi and their two children. When she experiences some turbulences in her personal life and an unexpected threat to her political status, Maysoon fears that she may lose everything once again: family, love, and freedom. Maysoon fights for her independence as a woman and as a citizen, fueled by love and idealism.
Acting
Amali's silences hit harder than most actors' monologues.
Direction
Biniadaki treats domestic tension like archaeological excavation.
Director
Nancy Biniadaki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film joins a wave of post-2011 cinema examining how revolutionary hope curdles in European exile, distinct from typical refugee narratives by centering professional-class displacement.
Biniadaki reportedly developed the script through workshops with Egyptian-German women who experienced visa dependency destroying relationships—Maysoon's archaeological expertise becomes metaphor for excavating her own buried agency.
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