A powerful, brutal yet redeeming story, this is a difficult movie to recommend. Twin siblings listen to a solicitor read the will their late Mother left and are shocked to learn that their father, whom they thought was dead, is alive. They also learn that they have a brother, a fact that was never shared with them. The will instructs them to find the father and the brother and give them specific letters written by their Mother. Quite unwillingly, they set off to an unnamed Middle East country to find these lost relatives and during that journey they learn about their Mother's past.
The movie moves back and forth from present to past, showing what happened to their Mother before the twins were born. The plot is like Russian nesting dolls, each layer revealing a detail of her life that the twins had never known. The film is dark and brutal in the way any story of man's inhumanity in the name of religion is brutal. But at the same time it is a story of the power of love and family and hope. This movie will stay with you for a while. I would recommend it with this caveat: be committed to seeing it through to the end. It is only in the end does the viewer recognize the power and force of that love and hope.
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