In Syria in the 1980s, six-year-old Sero grows up in a Kurdish village near the Turkish border. With a child’s curiosity, he experiences everyday life under the regime of Hafez al-Assad, which suppresses Kurdish identities. When a Jewish family moves into the neighbouring house, a friendship develops that transcends religious and cultural boundaries. Drawing in part on his own life, Mano Khalil uses subtle humour and carefully crafted imagery to tell a story of solidarity, tolerance and the painful experience of a childhood shaped by ideology and racism.