85 min
Michel Khleifi
Fiction
2009 - Palestine, Belgium, UK, UAE
Canadian Premiere
Featuring: Mira Awad, Mohammad Bakri
Acclaimed director Michel Khleifi's story of a Palestinian film-maker 'M' living in Europe, who returns home to Ramallah to film witness accounts of the 1948 Nakba - not only explores the events of that tumultuous era, but places them in context with the uncertainty and tension of present-day Palestine. Over the course of a single day and night, M's solipsistic existence is shaken when his nephew kills a man in Nazareth, placing the entire family at risk of reprisals. The film is a quietly witty, complex and occasionally surreal depiction of an exile's relationship with Palestine.
Dubai International Film Festival (Muhr Arab Awards - Best Film)
Co-presented by ReelWorld Film Festival
Screened with Taregeted Citizen