Orphans of a Nation
Directed by Gustavo Fernández, Pedro Peregrino, Bruno Safadi, Alexandre Macedo, Lucio Tavares, André Câmara
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Your true home is where your heart lives.
Laila is a Syrian victim of a bombing who agrees to marry a powerful sheikh in exchange for money to save her little brother's life. However, plans change due to the tragic death of the child. Laila and her family flee to start a new life in distant lands. Abandoned and enraged, the sheikh sends Jamil, his right-hand man, in search of the bride, but could not imagine he would fail to obey his command and fall madly in love with her. This forbidden love will be tested when the sheikh's daughter decides to take revenge after her father's mysterious death. From Emmy winners Thelma Guedes and Duca Rachid, ‘Orphans of a Nation’ tells a beautiful love story in the current context of refugees from around the world.Read moreLess
Laila is a Syrian victim of a bombing who agrees to marry a powerful sheikh in exchange for money to save her little brother's life. However, plans change due to the tragic death of the child. Laila and her family flee to start a new life in distant lands. Abandoned and enraged, the sheikh sends Jamil, his right-hand man, in search of the bride, but could not imagine he would fail to obey his command and fall madly in love with her. This forbidden love will be tested when the sheikh's daughter decides to take revenge after her father's mysterious death. From Emmy winners Thelma Guedes and Duca Rachid, ‘Orphans of a Nation’ tells a beautiful love story in the current context of refugees from around the world.
The story
Laila is a Syrian victim of a bombing who agrees to marry a powerful sheikh in exchange for money to save her little brother's life. However, plans change due to the tragic death of the child. Laila and her family flee to start a new life in distant lands. Abandoned and enraged, the sheikh sends Jamil, his right-hand man, in search of the bride, but could not imagine he would fail to obey his command and fall madly in love with her. This forbidden love will be tested when the sheikh's daughter decides to take revenge after her father's mysterious death. From Emmy winners Thelma Guedes and Duca Rachid, ‘Orphans of a Nation’ tells a beautiful love story in the current context of refugees from around the world.
Cast & crew
Julia DalaviaLaila Faiek
Renato GóesJammil Zarif
Alice WegmannDalila Abdallah
Rodrigo SimasBruno Monte Castelli
Carmo Dalla VecchiaPaul Abbás
Marco RiccaElias Faiek
Eliane GiardiniRânia Anssarah Nasser
Osmar PradoBóris Fischer
Paulo BettiMiguel Nasser
Danton MelloAntônio Carlos Almeida (Delegado Almeidinha)
Carol CastroDrª. Helena Torquato
Emanuelle AraújoZuleika NasserExplore the crew
- Director
- Gustavo Fernández
- Writer
- Duca Rachid
- Writer
- Thelma Guedes
- Director
- Pedro Peregrino
- Director
- Bruno Safadi
- Director
- Alexandre Macedo
- Director
- Lucio Tavares
- Director
- André Câmara
- Writer
- Dora Castelar
- Writer
- Aimar Labaki
- Writer
- Carolina Ziskind
- Writer
- Cristina Biscaia