[1] The film follows the story of a Lebanese boy that is forced to leave his homeland, involved in a war that erupted in the Middle East, and migrate with the family to Brazil.

[2] The Lebanese teenager Tarik leaves his hometown in search of a better life in Brazil.

On the journey by ship, he befriended other young Arabs and Syrians, but when they reached the country, each went to a different way.

[3] The screenwriter Di Moretti interviewed ten Lebanese families as a source of research for the film.

[4] According to Moretti, there were two versions of the screenplay: one to be entirely filmed in Brazil and another with scenes to be shot in Lebanese territory.