Lovers meeting secretly at a friend’s place feel scared to the point of paranoia about being found out. Their frustrations seem temporarily resolved when the lover, who is an extra in a theatre, demonstrates what he does for a living. But ultimately their alienation returns as they seem to be extras in their real lives, not in control, secondary and marginal.

Syria 1993/Dir Nabil Maleh.
With Samar Sami, Bassani Koussa.
90 mins.