Origin: Palestine | Fiction | Director: Mirna Bamieh | Short Film minutes

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The Pessoptimist

Mirna Bamieh

Based on Emile Habibi's 1974 novel 'The Secret Life of Saeed the
Pessoptimist' about an alien invasion of Palestine - the book from which
"Chapter 31" takes its title - video artist Mirna Bamieh reimagines the
text from the perspective of a man who finds himself imprisoned for an
offence he doesn't understand.

Trailer: https://iffr.com/en/2017/films/The-Pessoptimist

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