Palestinian Israeli movies
At present, it is more artificial than ever to speak of Palestinian or Israeli cinema as two compartments. The interaction is present, and not only because of the conflicting coexistence in a specific geographic space, but also through a complex web of conflicts and complicities, as can be seen by watching these films. The interesting program includes both fiction and documentaries, with the majority of titles unpublished in both cities. His intention is both to raise awareness of the situation in the Middle East and to raise awareness of the cinema in an area of the world that can hardly be seen.
Movies that I have not found in the imdb:
Al Zakira (Memory, Mohammed Malas 1977)
Konaytra 74 (Quneitra 74, Mohammed Malas 1974)
Tabaq al Sardine (The plate of sardines, Omar Amiralay 1997)
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En el momento actual resulta más artificial que nunca hablar del cine palestino o israelí como dos compartimentos estancos. La interacción se hace presente, y no solo por la coexistencia conflictiva en un espacio geográfico determinado, sino también a través de una compleja trama de conflictos y complicidades, como se podrá comprobar al ver estas películas. El interesante programa incluye tanto ficción como documentales, siendo la mayoría de los títulos inéditos en ambas ciudades. Su intención es tanto concienciar de la situación que se vive en Oriente Medio como dar a conocer el cine de una zona del mundo que apenas se ve.
Películas que no he encontrado en la imdb:
Al Zakira (La memoria, Mohammed Malas 1977)
Konaytra 74 (Quneitra 74, Mohammed Malas 1974)
Tabaq al Sardine (El plato de sardinas, Omar Amiralay 1997)
Movies that I have not found in the imdb:
Al Zakira (Memory, Mohammed Malas 1977)
Konaytra 74 (Quneitra 74, Mohammed Malas 1974)
Tabaq al Sardine (The plate of sardines, Omar Amiralay 1997)
________________________________________________
En el momento actual resulta más artificial que nunca hablar del cine palestino o israelí como dos compartimentos estancos. La interacción se hace presente, y no solo por la coexistencia conflictiva en un espacio geográfico determinado, sino también a través de una compleja trama de conflictos y complicidades, como se podrá comprobar al ver estas películas. El interesante programa incluye tanto ficción como documentales, siendo la mayoría de los títulos inéditos en ambas ciudades. Su intención es tanto concienciar de la situación que se vive en Oriente Medio como dar a conocer el cine de una zona del mundo que apenas se ve.
Películas que no he encontrado en la imdb:
Al Zakira (La memoria, Mohammed Malas 1977)
Konaytra 74 (Quneitra 74, Mohammed Malas 1974)
Tabaq al Sardine (El plato de sardinas, Omar Amiralay 1997)
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- DirectorMiguel LittinStarsAymann AbuloffTamara AcostaAlejandro GoicPalestine 1914. One morning in July, Soliman, a young Palestinian Christian, and Jacob, his Jewish friend, begin to build a house in Beit-Sajour, in the Judean hills, with stones brought from Beit-Yala, while the apparent stillness of the place is interrupted by bursts of violence that anticipate the future days of the war.
- DirectorDanniel DannielJuliano Mer-KhamisStarsArna Mer KhamisJuliano Mer-KhamisJuliano Mer Khamis' documentary on his mother, Arna, an activist against the Israeli occupation who founded an alternative education system for Palestinian children.
- 1997–201755mTV EpisodeDirectorSamir Abdallah
- DirectorElia SuleimanStarsElia SuleimanManal KhaderGeorge IbrahimSeparated by a checkpoint, Palestinian lovers from Jerusalem and Ramallah arrange clandestine meetings.
- DirectorEran Torbiner"Matzpen" # the Israeli socialist organization, has never had more than a few dozen active members. Still, at the end of the sixties and beginning of the seventies, it was considered a real threat to the Israeli political and social consensus. Most of Matzpen's members were Israeli born, coming from the deep core of Israeli society. Their fight against Zionism and against the occupation, as well as their contacts with Palestinian and European left-wing activists, were the cause of threats, slander, as well as political and social isolation. The film touches on the main issues of the Zionist-Palestinian struggle, through the eyes of some of the organization's prominent figures, their ideas, opinions and activities, then and today.
- DirectorAvi MograbiStarsShredi JabarinA documentary on the treatment of Palestianians by members of the Israeli army.
- DirectorCarolina RivasStarsAsia AmerHani AmerHisham AmerLike many Palestinian families, the Amers live surrounded by the infamous West Bank Wall where their daily lives are dominated by electrified fences, locks and a constant swarm of armed soldiers. Through director Carolina Rivas' sensitive lens, we discover the private world of all eight members of the family. As their dramas unfold, we catch a glimpse of their constant struggles and the small, endearing details that sustain them, including olive trees, two small donkeys and their many friendships. Constructed with a combination of verité scenes and re-enactments, this poignant and richly crafted film offers its audience a much needed opportunity to reflect on the effects of racial segregation, the meaning of borders and the absurdity of war.
- DirectorAmos GitaiStarsNatalie PortmanHana LasloHiam AbbassTwo women embark on a road trip after they are brought together by circumstance. Rebecca (Portman) flees her hotel after a fight with her mother-in-law (Maura) and hails a taxi driven by Hanna (Lazlo).
- DirectorNida SinnokrotPalestine Blues', follows the repercussions of the Israeli Security Wall and Settlement expansion in the engulfed/annexed Palestinian farming communities of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Instead of focusing on the object of the Wall, "Palestine Blues" examines the grassroots resistance movement that has sprung up against it. 'Palestine Blues' is not a 'traditional' political reportage but rather an interminable road trip across hard and liquid borders, across a terrain that is being erased as it is being traversed.
- DirectorMai Masri
- DirectorIbtisam Mara'anaA picturesque fishermen village overlooking the Mediterranean, Paradise is a Palestinian enclave inside the state of Israel, with a history that ecoes stories of a massacre and deportation. When the director investigates the secret past of her village Paradise, she uncovers more than she expected. Before she knows it, she is warned by her mother: "don't be like Sou'ad" - referring to the sad story about a rebellious "bad girl" whose story became a myth in the village. Accused and imprisoned as a PLO activist back in the 70's, Sou'ad is more than just a role model for the young director. But when she deepening her research, her trouble really begins. A filmic-diary about recreating a lost history, and about re-defining modern womanhood within the traditional village life.
- DirectorMohammad BakriDocumentary about the 2002 deadly confrontations between armed Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
- DirectorMai MasriStarsManar FarajMona ZaarouraOffering a rare glimpse into one side of the Middle East conflict, Frontiers of Dreams and Fears explores the lives of a group of Palestinian children growing up in refugee camps. The film focuses on two teenage girls, Mona and Manar. Although they live in refugee camps miles apart, the girls manage to communicate and become friends despite the overwhelming barriers that separate them. The film reveals their lives, dreams, and growing relationship, at first through email, culminating in their dramatic meeting at the fence that separates them at the Lebanese/Israeli border.
- DirectorRashid MasharawiStarsMohammad BakriAreen OmariNour ZoubiAbu Laila used to be a judge, but because the government doesn't have the means to renew his assignment he is forced to be a taxi driver. On the day his daughter Laila becomes seven years old his wife insists that he'll be at home early and bring her a present and a cake. Abu Laila's has nothing else on his mind then completing this mission. But the daily life in Palestine has other plans.
- DirectorMohammad BakriZahara is a Palestinian woman, from the village of al-Bane in the Galilee. Beginning with her childhood before the 1948 war, this compelling documentary takes us through the country's turbulent history, as seen through the eponymous heroine's eyes, and the perspectives of those around her. As Zahara grows, we experience the violent establishment of Israel, subsequent life under martial law (1948-1966), and the radical transformation of Palestinian society from a majority to a disenfranchised minority in their own homeland.
- DirectorSaverio CostanzoStarsMohammad BakriLior MillerHend AyoubA Palestinian family is trapped inside a house commandeered by Israeli soldiers.
- DirectorMichel KhleifiEyal SivanStarsMichel KhleifiEyal SivanSummer 2002, the Palestinian filmmaker Michel Khleifi and the Israeli filmmaker Eyal Sivan set off on a cinematographic journey in their country, Palestine-Israel.
- DirectorClaude LanzmannStarsSimon SrebnikMichael PodchlebnikMotke ZaïdlClaude Lanzmann's epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses - perpetrators as well as survivors.
- DirectorMai Masri
- DirectorClaude LanzmannStarsJacques BarkatSchmuel BirgerRan CohenA documentary examining life in Israel twenty-five years after the birth of the state.
- DirectorClaude LanzmannStarsClaude LanzmannEhud BarakAvigdor FeldmanA documentary about the Israel Defense Forces.
- DirectorClaude LanzmannStarsYehuda LernerFrancine KaufmannClaude LanzmannA gripping account of the prisoners uprising at the Nazi extermination camp of Sobibor in 1943.
- DirectorIbtisam Mara'anaStarsJay O. Sanders
- DirectorEran RiklisStarsHiam AbbassRona Lipaz-MichaelAli SulimanThe story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemontree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down.
- DirectorEran RiklisStarsHiam AbbassMakram KhouryClara KhouryIn Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the Revolution Studios in Damascus, Syria. They have never met each other because of the occupation of the area by Israel since 1967; when Mona moves to Syria, she will lose her undefined nationality and will never be allowed to return home. Mona's father Hammed is a political activist pro-Syria that is on probation by the Israeli government. His older son Hatten married a Russian woman eight years ago and was banished from Majdal Shams by the religious leaders and his father. His brother Marwan is a wolf trader that lives in Italy. His sister Amal has two teenager daughters and has the intention to join the university, but her marriage with Amin is in crisis. When the family gathers for Mona's wedding, an insane bureaucracy jeopardizes the ceremony.
- DirectorAzza El-Hassan
- DirectorRima EssaWhile fighting for her daughter's right to receive adequate treatment for her leukemia, Aisha - a Palestinian woman living in the West Bank, undergoes a process of empowerment. Suddenly, this battered woman, is no longer afraid to stand up to her husband, to her occupiers, to the authorities and to anyone's who is in the way of her daughter's path to health.
- DirectorRowan Al FaqihAkram Al-AshqarAhmad HabashStarsAnwar Al-AshqarAmer HlehelAnnemarie JacirA mosaic of 13 short films less than 3 minutes in length, reflecting in one shot, the mood of summer.
- DirectorElia SuleimanStarsElia SuleimanManal KhaderGeorge IbrahimSeparated by a checkpoint, Palestinian lovers from Jerusalem and Ramallah arrange clandestine meetings.
- DirectorEytan FoxStarsOhad KnollerYehuda LeviAssi CohenRomance blooms between two soldiers (Knoller, Levi) stationed in an Israeli outpost on the Lebanese border.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsPaul NewmanEva Marie SaintRalph RichardsonThe State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.
- DirectorEytan FoxStarsLior AshkenaziKnut BergerCaroline PetersFollowing the suicide of his wife, an Israeli intelligence agent is assigned to befriend the grandchildren of a Nazi war criminal.
- DirectorAmos GitaiStarsNatalie PortmanHana LasloHiam AbbassTwo women embark on a road trip after they are brought together by circumstance. Rebecca (Portman) flees her hotel after a fight with her mother-in-law (Maura) and hails a taxi driven by Hanna (Lazlo).
- DirectorAbdallah OmeishSufyan OmeishStarsJames AkinsArik AschermanBishop Barltlett Jr.A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and U.S. political involvement.
- DirectorAlberto ArceMohammad RujailahStarsEwa JasiewiczMarwan HamudaAlberto ArceMedics risk their lives to rescue and treat the wounded in the war-torn Gaza Strip.
- DirectorJavier CorcueraFermín MuguruzaCome on an incredible journey through Palestine, guided by some of its best-known, most inspiring musicians! From singers Habib Al Deek and Muthana Sha'baan, to rappers DAM and Safaa Arapiyat, celebrated Le Trio Joubran and soul singer Amal Murkus, the richness and diversity of the local music scene is explored in this joyous documentary. The journey starts with footage of Marcel Khalife reading at Mahmoud Darwish's funeral, and the spirit of the late, great poet pervades the film. The screening will be followed by a live jam, featuring director Fermin Muguruza alongside some of the key artistes from the film.
- DirectorHany Abu-AssadStarsAdam BakriLeem LubanyEyad HouraniA young Palestinian freedom fighter agrees to work as an informant after he's tricked into an admission of guilt by association in the wake of an Israeli soldier's killing.
- DirectorAnaïs Barbeau-LavaletteStarsOmri IlanLionel CalniquerGil DesianoA Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.
- DirectorThierry BinistiStarsAgathe BonitzerMahmud ShalabyHiam AbbassTal is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. They must endure an explosive situation that is not of their choosing at an age where young people are falling in love and taking their place in adult life. A bottle thrown in the sea and a correspondence by email nurture the slender hope that their relationship might give them the strength to confront this harsh reality to grapple with it, and thereby ever so slightly change it. Only 60 miles separate them but how many bombings, check-points, sleepless nights and bloodstained days stand between them?
- DirectorScandar CoptiYaron ShaniStarsFouad HabashNisrin SiksikElias SabaAjami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsEric BanaDaniel CraigMarie-Josée CrozeAfter the Black September capture and massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics, five men are chosen to eliminate the people responsible for that fateful day.
- DirectorHany Abu-AssadStarsKais NashifAli SulimanLubna AzabalTwo childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsJill ClayburghJean YanneGabriel ByrneAn Israeli lawyer is defending a Palestinian charged by The Military Court System in the Israeli-Occupied Territories. It's a tough case because of a strong political background.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsWilliam HoldenShirley KnightFranco NeroA dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered eleven Israeli athletes.
- DirectorSaverio CostanzoStarsMohammad BakriLior MillerHend AyoubA Palestinian family is trapped inside a house commandeered by Israeli soldiers.
- DirectorAmos GitaiStarsNatalie PortmanHana LasloHiam AbbassTwo women embark on a road trip after they are brought together by circumstance. Rebecca (Portman) flees her hotel after a fight with her mother-in-law (Maura) and hails a taxi driven by Hanna (Lazlo).
- DirectorEmad BurnatGuy DavidiStarsEmad BurnatSoraya BurnatMohammed BurnatA documentary on a Palestinian farmer's chronicle of his nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army.
- DirectorJulia BachaFollows a Palestinian leader who unites Fatah, Hamas and Israelis in an unarmed movement to save his village from destruction. Success eludes them until his 15-year-old daughter jumps into the fray.
- DirectorShlomi EldarWith the help of a prominent Israeli journalist, Precious Life chronicles the struggle of an Israeli pediatrician and a Palestinian mother to get treatment for her baby, who suffers from an incurable genetic disease. Each must face their most profound biases as they inch towards a possible friendship in an impossible reality.
- DirectorB.Z. GoldbergJustine ShapiroCarlos BoladoStarsMoishe Bar AmB.Z. GoldbergShlomo GreenSeveral Jewish and Palestinian children are followed for three years and put in touch with each other, in this alternative look at the Jewish-Palestinian conflict. The three filmmakers followed a group of seven local children between 1995 and 1998. They all have a totally different background. These seven children tell their own story about growing up in Jerusalem. Through this portrait of their generation, we see how deep rooted and almost insoluble the problems of the Middle East have become. When the protagonists speak out in an epilogue a couple of years later, it becomes apparent that all have lost their childlike innocence.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsYasser ArafatEhud BarakBenjamin NetanyahuThree years after the staggering Sunday Hell, Oliver Stone discreetly returns to the forefront with his second documentary in less than a year. First, there was the excellent Comandante, dedicated to Fidel Castro; now there is Persona Non Grata, this time about Yasser Arafat. Once again, Stone poses as an informed observer of the state of the world. The director of JFK travels to occupied Palestine to try to untangle the threads of an explosive situation. As the title indicates, Arafat is missing. The expected filmed biography is in fact a fascinating portrait of the Palestinian leader. From the charismatic leader of Palestinian resistance, we will only see a very brief encounter with Western artists. It is therefore via the opposing party present that the contours of the crisis and the central role of Arafat in the middle of the powder keg emerge. First of all there are the Israeli leaders, Peres, Netanyahu and Barak. Through the fragmented interviews that Stone shows us, three personalities emerge: the wise Shimon, the butcher Benyamin and the clumsy Ehud. Three visions of the crisis, three visions of the world. Then there are the Hamas resistance fighters and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. And in the middle of all these little people, stands Oliver Stone, now mustachioed, as curious as ever, with unfortunately an Americanocentrism, which prevents him from really understanding the occupation and the hell experienced by the Palestinians for more than 70 years.
- DirectorYoav ShamirDocumentary filmmaker Yoav Shamir's depiction of the checkpoints that the Israel Defense Forces man in the Palestinian Authority.
- DirectorDror MorehStarsAmi AyalonAvraham ShalomAvi DichterA documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets.
- DirectorRonit AvniJulia BachaStarsAli Abu AwwadSami Al JundiRobi Damelin"Encounter Point" moves beyond sensational and canned images to tell the story of an Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother and a wounded Palestinian bereaved brother who sacrifice their safety, public standing and homes in order to press for a grassroots movement for nonviolence and peace.
- DirectorRa'anan AlexandrowiczCan justice truly be served in the occupied territories given the current system of law administered by Israel for Palestinians?
- DirectorAnnemarie JacirStarsSuheir HammadSaleh BakriRiyad IdeisA romantic drama about a working-class woman and her experiences traveling back home.
- DirectorLorraine LévyStarsEmmanuelle DevosPascal ElbéJules SitrukTwo young men, one Israeli and one Palestinian, discover they were accidentally switched at birth.
- DirectorJosé PadilhaStarsBatsheva Dance CompanyZina ZinchenkoBen SchnetzerInspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, and the most daring rescue mission ever attempted.
- DirectorTerje CarlssonStarsYehuda ShaulRonny PerlmanArik AschermanTo many of their fellow Israelis, they are traitors. They are attacked, arrested and demonized. Yet Israelis like Yehuda Shaul, leader of 'Breaking the Silence' and Jonathan Pollack from 'Anarchists Against the Wall' continue to struggle for a more peaceful Middle East. They believe that they can save their state by putting an end to the military occupation. But the Israeli peace movement has lost momentum in recent years. There is widespread apathy in Israel against ending the Occupation, especially after the withdrawal from Gaza. 'Israel vs Israel' takes a fresh look at one of the leading tensions in Israeli society.
- DirectorElia SuleimanStarsMenashe NoyElia SuleimanBaher AgbariyaAn examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day.
- DirectorJames MillerStarsJames MillerSaira ShahThe harrowing documentary that portrays the horror of the Israeli conflict and the resulting death of its director, James Miller.
- DirectorAbdallah OmeishStarsAyman MohyeldinSherine TadrosIn 2008 two best friends found themselves trapped in one of the most dangerous places on earth - the only western journalists in the Gaza Strip on what was supposed to be a 24-hour assignment. The War Around Us captures the collision of veteran war correspondent and one of TIME's most 100 influential people, Ayman Mohyeldin, with rookie reporter Sherine Tadros. As missiles shower the city and unspeakable atrocities emerge, the pair is torn by fierce professional rivalry, private terror and grim humor - with no way out and the whole world watching.
- DirectorSut JhallyBathsheba RatzkoffStarsSeth AckermanStav AdiviArik AschermanThis video shows how the foreign policy interests of American political elites-working in combination with Israeli public relations stratgies-influence US news reporting about the Middle East conflict. Combining American and British TV news clips with observations of analysts, journalists and political activists, Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a brief historical overview, a striking media comparison, and an examination of factors that have distorted U.S. media coverage and, in turn, American public opinion.
- DirectorEytan FoxStarsOhad KnollerYousef 'Joe' SweidDaniella Wircer"The Bubble" is the story of a group of young people who live in Tel Aviv, Israel. The movie follows the group's difficulties of living in Israel's reality. Their routine breaks when a young Palestinian man enters their lives.
- DirectorJulian SchnabelStarsFreida PintoHiam AbbassWillem DafoeA drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.
- DirectorEran RiklisStarsStephen DorffAbdallah El AkalAlice TaglioniBeirut, 1982: a young Palestinian refugee helps an Israeli fighter pilot escape from PLO captivity because he wants to visit his ancestral family home. En route through war-torn Lebanon their relationship develops into a close bond.
- DirectorMichael MayerStarsNicholas JacobMichael AloniJameel KhouryA drama centered on the love affair between two men on opposite sides of the Mid-East conflict: Palestinian student Nimer and Roy, an Israeli lawyer.
- DirectorMohamed MalasQuneytra 74 begins with shots of people on the edge of the blasted city of Kuneitra. A woman breaks away from the crowd, makes her way towards the city, speeds up the step, as if to escape from the camera. Filmed on behalf of Syrian TV, the accuracy of Malas' light, shadow, silence and soundscape as essential elements of his cinematic language is evidenced here, as well as his interest in the issues of civil war, territorial war and identity destruction.
- DirectorYuval AdlerStarsTsahi HaleviShadi Mar'iHitham OmariTells the story of the complex relationship between an Israeli Secret Service officer and his teenage Palestinian informant. Shuttling back and forth between conflicting points of view, the film is a raw portrayal of characters torn apart by competing loyalties and impossible moral dilemmas, giving an unparalleled glimpse into the dark and fascinating world of human intelligence.
- DirectorAmos GitaiStarsJuliette BinocheLiron LevoJeanne MoreauA political drama centered around Israel's pullout from the occupied Gaza strip, in which a French woman of Israeli origin comes to the Gaza Strip to find her long ago abandoned daughter.
- DirectorUdi AloniStarsTamer NafarSamar QuptySalwa NakkaraSet against a backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian rapper Kareem and his singer girlfriend Manar struggle, love and make music in their crime-ridden ghetto and Tel Aviv's hip-hop club scene.
- DirectorYaron KaftoriStarsGila AlmagorNoam AlonDorit Bar-Or
- DirectorAmos KollekStarsFaye DunawayAmos KollekShmuel ShilohUpon arriving Israel on her first foreign assignment, American photojournalist Faye Milano is greeted by David, an Israeli officer and writer who's also the nephew of Jerusalem's mayor.
- DirectorEran RiklisStarsMoshe IvgyMohammad BakriSalim DawAn Israeli soldier is taken hostage by a small PLO squad in lebanon. The soldier planned to go on vacation and to fly to the world final soccer cup (mondial), he and his capturers share the love to soccer and toward the (not so happy) end a relationship is made.
- DirectorRani MagarStarsAssaf Ben-ShimonRuba BlalYehezkel LazarovAn Israeli soldier and a Palestinian teenager are trapped in a basement under the ruins of house that the IDF demolished in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
- DirectorRashid MasharawiStarsSalim DawNa'ila ZayaadMahmoud Qadah24 hours of family drama during a curfew announced by the Israeli army in a Palestinian refugee camp on the Gaza Strip in 1993.
- DirectorAriel TalpalarStarsKais NashifMelanie PeresElham ArafLove story of a young couple, Amad and Isabella. Amad (25), a Palestinian from Nablus (a city under the control of the Palestinian Authority), and Isabella (25), a Brazilian illegal foreign worker who lives in the city of Tel Aviv, attempt to navigate their lives between the obstacles that face them under the complicated, bleeding reality of life in Israel.