Garden City, a small but pivotal neighborhood. Since the turn of the 19th century, it has
been the seat of the world's political powers in the Egyptian capital.
The film takes us on a journey through abandoned villas, opulent salons, foreign
embassies, threatened businesses and rooftop living rooms. Houses turn into witnesses
as they make flesh of history's turmoil. Residents and dwellings become a voice telling a
story of hope, rupture and endurance.
Far from political correctness, all stereotypes dropped, a glimpse of truth comes into view.
An allegory of contemporary Egypt, the film challenges us to reflect as well on the security
obsessions of our world today.
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