In 1993, after a car crash leaves Ahmed amnesiac, he returns to his village, where nothing feels familiar — neither his wife nor his children. Ahmed’s youngest, frightened by his bandaged face, fears him deeply. Each night, strange visitors whisper litanies in an unknown tongue. Who are they? And why does his so-called friend, the neighbour, make him feel so uneasy? In the present, an ageing Raqi battles Alzheimer’s. As possessed people speak in foreign tongues and violence rises, Ahmed fears regaining his memory, while the disciple fears that his master’s decline may unleash an ancient evil. Presented in the Critics’ Week section at the Venice Film Festival.