剧情介绍
这是一个农村家庭的故事。身为一家之主的父亲专横跋扈，喜欢说教，喜欢对所有人发号施令。可是事情的发展总是不如他所愿。生活对他而言简直是一连串的失望。每到夜晚，豺群就在他的房子周围嚎叫。他的长子学无所成。他的女儿离家与情人私奔。他的妻子过世了，次子死在了战场上。到头来，家中只剩下他一人，惟有孤寂和豺的嚎声与他相伴。
Syria, 1967, rumors of war. Abu Kamel, a peasant who farms tomatoes near Latakia, bullies his family. One by one, each rebels against him or finds a route to break away. One daughter marries, another has a clandestine relationship with a cobbler too fearful to ask Abu Kamel for her hand. A son away at university (at great cost to his parents) turns his back on his father's values and his father's plans; another son breaks a family taboo and turns to the army for a new start. The youngest wants to go to the city to study. Abu Kamel's long-suffering wife, Moti'an, may be called away. Tomato prices fall; jackals howl at night. Kamel needs a new center. Can an old dog learn new tricks?
情節設計和視聽節奏相得益彰,意想不作的傑作,悲喜劇的揉合及以小人物視野觀照戰爭亂世讓人想起王童的稻草人,但本片在電影語言的運用上更勝一籌.父親這人物塑造得猶其出色,一無是處卻又妄自尊大,然而編導的處理讓他並不討厭卻令人憐惜,結尾其孤寂的身影在雨夜中吹口哨是神來之筆
中东战争背景下的穷苦百姓，象征意味浓厚，要耐心看。8分，打四星。
the nights of the Arabic fingures