Set in sweaty Beirut, Rami Kodeih’s impressive thriller follows two sisters in need of money for an important surgery.

During Lebanon’s real-life corruption-fueled economic collapse, all the banks freeze accounts overnight, trapping millions of people’s life savings. Maro, a determined single mother, tries to access her own money to pay for her wild-hearted younger sister Dalia’s life-saving surgery. When the bank refuses, the sisters scheme an elaborate all-night heist to reclaim what is rightfully theirs. As they recruit an ex-militia member and truck driver into their plan, it triggers a chain of events that quickly spirals out of control in a city already on the brink.

Inspired by their own experiences living in Lebanon, Rami Kodeih and Nora Mariana Salim create an exhilarating, immersive ride that places sisterhood and human experience at its heart.

The film had its world premiere in the Official Venice Spotlight section and has been selected as Lebanon’s entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.