Origin: Italy | Fiction | Director: Saverio Costanzo | 90 minutes

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Private

Costanzo, Saverio

Drama. 90 min. Italië 2004 Arabic/Hebrew/English Dolby Digital 2.0.

Based on a true story, Private offers an intensely intimate view of
events as they unfold for a middle class Palestinian family whose home is
invaded and occupied by Israeli troops. Refusing to abandon their home, the
father, a welleducated teacher, is faced with a struggle to retain his
dignity, and the support of his family as the it is subjected to increasing
levels of stress. Featuring an awardwinning performance by leading actor
Mohammed Bakri, the film's claustrophobic set and camera work combine to
make it at once deeply unsettling and profoundly moving. Winner - FIPRESCI
Award San Francisco International Film Festival, 2005. Golden Leopard Award
Locarno Film Festival, 2004. Best Actor (Mohammed Bakri) Buenos Aires
International Film Festival, 2005 "All Palestinian kids in Israel used to
hold the Israeli flag and sing for Israel in Arabic each year we used to do
that, to celebrate - we would prepare dance shows, theatre plays and songs!
A lot of decorations and flags went everywhere... and no one said anything.
But the next day, which is the official independence day, when all families
and friends were supposed to go out on a picnic somewhere or to the
beach... my father used to feel sick and we never left the house".
(Statement by director Ula Tabari). In her insightful and personal debut
documentary Tabari intelligently probes the multiple paradoxes and tensions
effecting Palestinian identity politics inside pre 1967 Israeli borders.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SRcO53EHU4

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