Private
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Published
[Los Angeles, CA.] : Ironweed Film Club, [2006].
Language
ara
UPC
782410090795

Notes

General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2004.
General Note
Includes two bonus short films: Seeds / directed by Marjan Safinia and Joseph Boyle (documentary; 2004, 60 min.) ; West Bank story / directed by Ari Sandel (musical; 2005, 20 min.).
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Luigi Martinucci ; editing, Francesca Calvelli ; music, Alter Ego.
Participants/Performers
Mohammed Bakri, Areen Omari, Lior Miller, Hend Ayoub, Tomer Russo, Marco Alsaying, Sara Hamzeh, Karem Emad Hassan Aly, Amir Hasayen, Niv Shafir, Sahar Lachmy.
Description
Mohammad, his wife Samia, and their five children live in a large, isolated house located midway between a Palestinian village and an Israeli settlement. Viewed as a strategic lookout point, the house is forcefully overtaken by Israeli soldiers, who confine Mohammad and his family to a few downstairs rooms in daytime and a single room at night. Against Samia's wishes, Mohammad decides to keep the family together in the house until the soldiers move on, creating division among his family and a precarious relationship with the soldiers.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; 4:3 aspect ratio; stereo.
Language
In Arabic, English and Hebrew dialogue with English subtitles.