15 minutes. One bathroom. A father's love vs. his faith. Buckle up.
The bond between a disabled Muslim father and his son is tested when love is pitted against religion.
Acting
Jay Abdo's eyes do what dialogue cannot.
Direction
Single-location tension that'd make Hitchcock sweat.
Director
Omar Al Dakheel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ablution (wudu) is meant to spiritually cleanse before prayer—here it becomes a weapon of judgment, not purification.
Director Al Dakheel cast himself as Waleed, filming in his actual family home. The bathroom's real. The tension borrowed from lived fear.
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