The Orchards
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The Orchards

6.4 / 10 2025 25mNR Arabic
Documentary

Storyline

In 2015, in Damascus, the Basateen al-Razi district and its orchards were razed to the ground as punishment for the population's uprising against the regime. Having lost everything, two former residents recall their neighborhood.

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Antoine Chapon's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Orchards is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker