| Palestine,
1941. In the small village of Ein Hod a father leads a procession of his family
and workers through the olive groves. As they move through the trees the green
fruits drop onto the orchard floor; the ancient cycle of the seasons providing
another bountiful harvest. 1948. The Abulheja family are forcibly removed from
their ancestral home in Ein Hod and sent to live in a refugee camp in Jenin. Through
Amal, the bright granddaughter of the patriarch, we witness the stories of her
brothers; her mother; her father and ultimately her own. Amal's is a story of
love and loss, of childhood, marriage and parenthood, and finally the need to
share her history with her daughter, to preserve the greatest love she has. 
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