Hadiya is twelve years old, living in an Egyptian village where the elders’ traditions are absolute and cold. When she’s promised to one of these men, she realizes that the only way to save herself and her village is to flee.

The stage is set: she has to cross the unforgiving desert to find her father and bring justice to the community. But there’s a massive problem: a Western corporation is looming over the village like a vulture, trying to bleed their water supply dry. She isn’t alone, though. Her only companion is her family goat, Sparrow. But out in the heat, reality starts to warp. The goat begins to speak to her—with the voice of her mother who passed away—becoming the only guide she has in a landscape that wants her dead.

This isn’t your standard survival flick. With Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino and John Savage bringing some serious acting muscle, the film grounds its more surreal elements in hard-nosed drama. It’s a road movie where the road is nothing but sand, shifting horizons and the encroaching madness of thirst.

Whether it’s reality or just a hallucination brought on by the sun, Hadiya’s journey is one for the books.

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