"Love knows no borders."
Two young men — a Palestinian grad student and an Israeli lawyer — meet and fall in love amidst personal and political intrigue.
Social & External
The people behind it
Michael Aloni
Roy Schaefer
Nicholas Jacob
Nimr Mashrawi
Loai Nofi
Mustafa Na'amne (as Loai Noufi)
Alon Pdut
Gil
Khawlah Hag-Debsy
Hiam Mashrawi (as Khawlah Haj)
Maysa Daw
Abir Mashrawi
Jameel Khoury
Nabil Mashrawi (as Jameel Khouri)
Shimon Mimran
Moris Cohen
Majd Bitar
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