"What remains when love is never named?"
Two elderly friends engage in a tense backgammon game, where decades of unspoken truths are confronted.
Social & External
The people behind it
Marcelino Mhawej
Elie (Young)
Rodrigue Aziz
Maroun (Young)
Georges Dahdah
Elie (Older)
Hassan-Behrouz Lavassany
Maroun (Older)
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