在大英帝國試圖調和自身對巴勒斯坦的政策、當地棉花農民的生計，以及日益增多且無家可歸、懷抱著建立家園期待的猶太移民之間的利益時，這部電影透過「尤素夫」（Karim Daoud Anaya 飾）的視角展開故事，他發現自己逐漸被捲入這場衝突中。他出身農村，但在當地一家出版社兼職工作，老闆的妻子（Yasmine Al Massri 飾）是一名秘密撰寫巴勒斯坦自由相關文章的撰稿人。隨著傳統土地頻繁被徵收分配給新來的移民定居者，導致反抗殖民統治的起義興起，這些評論變得越發迫切。而當局勢變得更加暴力時……
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With the British Empire trying to reconcile it’s own Palestinian agenda with those of the indigenous cotton farmers and a burgeoning, homeless, Jewish population arriving with expectations of their own homeland, this film follows events through the eyes of “Yusuf” (Karim Daoud Anaya) as he finds himself drawn into the conflict. He comes from a rural village but works part-time for a local publisher whose wife (Yasmine Al Massri) is a clandestine writer of articles on freedom for the Palestinians. These commentaries become more pertinent as the frequent theft of traditional lands for allocation to the new emigrant settlers leads to rebellion against colonial rule. As that becomes more violent… 原文連結 ↗
