From My Window, Without a Home…

From my Window, Without a Home… (French: De ma fenêtre, sans maison...) is a Quebec feature film produced, written and directed by Maryanne Zéhil.

[1] The film tells the story of a Lebanese woman who leaves her country and family to settle in Montreal.

It features Louise Portal, Renée Thomas, Leyla Hakim, Walid El Alayli, Hélène Mercier, Jean-François Blanchard, Mariloup Wolfe, Catherine Colvey and Sébastien Ricard.

[2][3] At four years old, Dounia’s mother, Sana, emigrates to Canada, leaving her daughter behind in burning and bloody Beirut, Lebanon.

Seventeen years later, after the death of her father, Dounia comes to Montreal to meet a mother she no longer remembers.