When filmmaker Wael Kadlo picks up his mother from the airport in Beirut, it seems like a rather warm family visit.

But in reality, Kadlo, who was born in Damascus in 1980, has some questions for her regarding her absence in the past.

Through this personal and very intimate journey, the story of the family intertwines with scenes of locations from Kadlo’s youth that were of vital importance to him, and which would later become the venue for civil protests during the Syrian crisis.