A Man Returned

2016 | Documentary Short | 30 min
by Mahdi Fleifel
SUMMARY

Reda, 26, dreamed of escaping ‘Ain El-Helweh, the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, so he fled to Greece. There, he was trapped for three desperate years and became addicted to heroin. Now he has returned, only to find the camp being torn apart by internal strife in the looming shadow of the war in Syria. Against all odds, Reda decides to marry his childhood sweetheart. A love story; bittersweet as the camp itself.

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