Abdel Naser Marqaby

Tucked away in the Syrian mountains, the fictional village of Umm al-Tanafs al-Fawqa has been completely bypassed by modern technology — and its simple, warm-hearted residents have no idea what they're missing. Each episode follows their hilarious attempts to navigate life's big and small dramas with nothing but common sense, stubbornness and each other. A gentle, sharp satire that uses village innocence as a mirror for modern society's complications — described by many viewers as the greatest Arab comedy ever made.

It tells the story of cinematic worlds through the perspectives of their creators, along with the hopes and desires these worlds impose and experience. The film, which took four days to shoot, explores the nature and philosophy of the violence sweeping the country, and its impact on generations, human souls, and their actions.