2021 > Switzerland/France > Directed by Mano Khalil
With Serhed Khalil, Jay Abdo, Sherzad Abdullah
In the early '80s, in a Syrian village bordering Turkey, young Sero attends school for the first time. A new teacher has arrived with the goal of making strapping Pan-Arabic comrades out of the Kurdish children. He forbids the Kurdish language, orders the veneration of Assad and preaches hate of the Zionist enemy - the Jews. The lessons upset and confuse Sero because his long-time neighbors are a friendly Jewish family. With a fine sense of humor and satire, the film depicts a childhood which manages to find light moments between dictatorship and dark drama. Subtitled. More at www.menemshafilms.com/neighbours
2 hrs 4 min