Dreams of the City (1984)
- Original title
- أحلام المدينة
- Directed by
- Mohammad Malas
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film
- Country
- Syria
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A boy is forced to leave his home in Quneitra and move to Damascus during the 1950s. The film follows his experiences growing up in a time of political change.
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What happens
Dreams of the City or Ahlam al-Madina (Arabic: أحلام المدينة, lit. 'Dreams of the City') is a Syrian feature drama film by director Mohamed Malas. It is a coming-of-age story of a boy forced to flee his native Quneitra to Damascus in the turbulent 1950s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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