The film, which has been banned in Israel, had its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, to a 20 minute standing ovation. In 1936, as villages across Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain’s 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the region.