During a bloody night, a young man and his lover are struggling, not to get to the hospital, but to escape and survive.
When a human family moves into Hwjn and his family's house in a world where Jinn is compelled to live among humans, their lives are completely upended. Hwjn, who is forbidden by old regulations from mingling, unintentionally falls in love with the human daughter, Sawsan.
A feel-good comedy about aging, friendship and new directions, On Borrowed Time is director Yasir Al Yasir’s follow-up to his 2012 film Murk Light, which earned him the Best Short Narrative Award at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. Taking place in and around a Dubai retirement home, the film follows four elderly men who appear to be settling in for the long haul—that is, until one of them receives an unexpected and mammoth inheritance.
