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The Penguin, is a 2006 Syrian movie, directed by Fajr Yacoub, and starring Bassam Kousa, Nadine Salameh, Ramez Atallah. with a runtime of 20 minutes.
Overview
Al-Botreiq is a contemplative drama short film that inhabits the solitary world of a young woman living in complete isolation inside her home. Cut off from the outside world, she populates her days with events that exist only in her imagination or within the landscape of her dreams. The only anchor tying her to tangible reality is her small goldfish — the sole living presence that is unquestionably real. The film offers a quiet, immersive psychological portrait of modern loneliness, blurring the boundaries between the inner life of its protagonist and the world she has retreated from.
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