Transit Cities

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Divorced after 14 years of marriage in the US, a 36-year-old Jordanian woman returns to Amman but finds her hometown, family and friends much changed. Hoping to rebuild her former life, Laila arrives at her parents' home without warning and without mentioning her divorce. She finds her once active, intellectual father is now a broken man who practically refuses to talk to her, her mother and sister are wearing hijab and frown upon her Western clothing, and her MA degree doesn't seem to mean anything to her former university when she goes to apply for a job. The last straw comes when she finds she can't even do as she pleases in her own rented apartment. An atmospheric and affecting drama about cultural estrangement.