Under the Ceiling

How it feels

Marwan is a leftist photographer who hides away in his darkroom as the world changes around him. He starts taking wedding and party photos, discards his old books, and begins a relationship with a young widow named Lina. The couple has a child together outside of marriage.

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What happens

Under The Ceiling (Arabic: تحت السقف, translit. Taht al-sakf, French: Sous le toit) is a 2005 Syrian drama film directed by Nidal Al-Dibs. It was screened at the 2005 Montreal Word Film Festival. The film revolves around Marwan, a leftist photographer, who spends most of his time under the roof of a darkroom due to the changing reality around him. He tries to radically change himself, works as a party and wedding photographer, gets rid of his leftist library, and gets to know Lina, the young widow. However, they have a child out of wedlock together. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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