Bouthayna El Haggar

Alaa is a 30-year-old doctor. In his clinic one day, he is visited by Mahdy, an old friend who needs help with a strange phenomenon afflicting him: mint is sprouting from his body. Alaa and Mahdy are without shelter. The scent of mint attracts danger, which chases them through their deteriorating city. They are led through a series of disturbing encounters with former companions. Those who were once bonded by devotion are now estranged, faithless, and reeking of mint. Will the two friends find a way out of this nightmare, constantly chased by memories of loss? Or will they be left to dry, waiting and hiding in the streets where they once lived peacefully?

The acclaimed and lonely writer Selim Al Rafe’ie, suffering from AIDS, is going through a period of blocking the writer while his publisher and lover Malak tries to reconcile with Selim’s brother. At the same time, a group of people living with HIV struggle with their alienation and loneliness…