Akeda

Nabil, a ten-year-old orphan, plays the hero in a propaganda film directed by Malik, a charismatic filmmaker. As the production goes on, Nabil makes his best effort to give a good performance and by doing so he slowly earns the fatherly validation he seeks. But as Nabil witnesses the brutality toward the American Soldiers who are being forced to act on the set, Nabil begins to psychologically suffer, questioning if he is able to take the lives of these soldiers on camera. As the night before the execution darkens, Nabil confronts the soldiers, witnessing their suffering. Frightened and confused, Nabil turns to Malik, and is confronted by his fatherly nature. Eventually, Nabil kills the soldiers in the hopes of keeping a father. But the trauma he feels for killing will not soon leave him.