Director: Maha Haj
Screenplay: Maha Haj
Cinematographer: Elad Debi
Editor: Véronique Lange
Sound: Raja Dubayah
Music: Juang Manyala
Cast: Sanaa Shawahdeh, Mahmoud Shawahdeh, Doraid Liddawi, Hanan Hillo, Ziad Bakri, Amer Hlehel, Maissa Abd Elhadi, Jihan Dermelkonian
Production: Majdal Films
Distribution:
Sophie Dulac Distribution
60 rue Pierre-Charron
75008 PARIS
France
Tel.: 0033 1 44 43 46 00
Fax.: 0033 1 47 23 08 02
[email protected]
www.ssdistribution.fr
Year: 2016
DCP, Color, 88 min, OV araian with French subtitles
An old couple leads their daily routine life in Nazareth. On the other side of the river, in Ramallah, their son Tarek would like to remain a bachelor, their daughter is about to deliver a child, her husband gets a part in a film, while the grand-mother goes out of her mind… In the meanwhile in Sweden, their elder son Hisham expects to have a visit from them. Each of them attends to his own business, with moments of pleasure or disagreement, dreams or disillusions. Some of them would like to leave, others wish to stay, but all have personal affairs to sort out … “The characters become free only after deciding to go beyond various boundaries... These frontiers are not only physical, but also psychological and spiritual… I do not mean everyone must leave Palestine. I only say it’s a place where it’s sometimes difficult to live.” Maha Haj
« Les personnages ne deviennent libres qu'après avoir décidé de dépasser diverses frontières… Ces frontières ne sont pas seulement physiques, mais aussi psychologiques et spirituelles… Je ne veux pas dire que tout le monde doit quitter la Palestine. Je dis seulement que c’est un endroit où il est parfois difficile de vivre. Maha Haj
