Teta
Merva Faddoul
Short Film | Lebanon | 2011 |
24 min.
Abandoned by both parents and left with her little sister in their grandmother’s care, Sarah is like her teenage friends, wanting time and freedom to hangout, but generational tension erupts between her and Teta. Set in Byblos, an historic town in Lebanon with a prominent Maronite Christian community, a family’s life is turned upside down when their iconic Virgin Mary statue sheds tears.
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