In a Lebanese village, Omar (16) lives in the shadow of his parents’ tragic drowning in a migrant boat accident. Now the sole caretaker of his younger sister Douaa (5), who never leaves his side, Omar carries a deep fear of water. Yet he silently vows to protect her from the same fate, and to teach her to swim despite his trauma.

Between the rose fields where he works and the haunting memories of the sea, Omar struggles to turn water from a symbol of death into a place of safety. But when Douaa suddenly disappears near a lake, he believes she has drowned. In a moment where love outweighs fear, he dives in to save her, meeting the thin line where life and death, loss and courage, converge.

Produced in collaboration with the Lebanese Civil Defense, the film aims to raise awareness about water safety, the dangers of swimming in unmonitored areas, and the importance of early training in rescue and prevention, especially for children. A non-profit work, it delivers its human message through a poetic visual language blending realism and symbolism, telling a story of loss, love, and the choice between “swimming” or staying on the shore