War and reconciliation never went in tandem. Struggle and defeat pair well with compromise. Finding one's inner peace in times of war can seldom be achieved alone. The dark thoughts that rule our deepest murk could not fathom the breadth of the task. Our lost souls would find solace only in an alter ego.
This is the story about two alter egos, children of a fait accompli, offspring of circumstances who grew in a civil war, waged against compromise, society and family. Becoming what you planned for yourself instead of what your entourage concocted for you is a battle to end all battles.
102 is a story about things gone wrong, for real, and where, as in real life, happy endings are not always the right endings. It is a story of two fatherless brothers, reconciling with themselves at first and then with a harsh reality dictating a path to disaster and failure. 102 is an alternative interpretation of "self-made", a depiction of how moral wealth outweighs the material one. It is a tale about keeping your nose above the water in an ocean infested with sharks.
102 is the story of two young men who decide and succeed at pushing their limits, going beyond the social, familial and professional contexts. It's the story of two adolescents who believed they could achieve their ultimate dream whatever the cost.
102 is about two brothers, Ibrahim (Eby) and Jad, torn by opposite personalities, victimized by an absurd civil war, but inseparably bonded by fraternal love, altruistic compassion and the realization that lost souls find solace in their alter ego. They woke up to the Lebanese Civil War in April of 1975, lost and disoriented. Their father died young, while they were aged 12 and 8. Their mother, who was 39 then, now faces the daunting task of raising two young men amidst a civil war, where money is scarce, temptation is strong, and every step along the way is a death wish.
On that April's day, Eby and Jad witnessed their present disintegrate and future slowly dim to oblivion. They are both now strenuously striving to lay the foundation for a life. They have no outlook, nowhere to go, and no one to talk to.
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