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Raised on Baudelaire, A Clockwork Orange and fine Bordeaux in 1970s Lebanon, Darina Al-Joundi is encouraged by her unconventional father to confront all taboos. As the bombs fall on Lebanon, she lives an adolescence of excess and transgression, defying death in nightclubs. On his deathbed, her father's last wish is for his favourite song, 'Sinnerman' by Nina Simone, to be played at his funeral instead of the traditional suras of the Qu'ran. When she does just that, the results are catastrophic and Al-Joundi must face a difficult choice...