After a flood levels Hanna's village destroying his entire community, he embarks on a search for the meaning of life. This is a portrait of a society on the verge of great change; from the provincial village to the modernity of the city, where Christians, Muslims, and Jews live together, united in their love for Aleppo and their dreams for the future. A sweeping tale of life and death, set in the Syrian capital at the turn of the twentieth century.