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Salt of this sea Mil hādhā al-bar

Salt of this sea Mil hādhā al-bar

DVD] = [DVD 2010

Soraya, born in Brooklyn in a working class community of Palestinian refugees, discovers that her grandfather's savings were frozen in a bank account in Jaffa when he was exiled in 1948. Direct, stubborn, and determined to reclaim what is hers, she fulfills her life-long dream of "returning" to Palestine. Slowly she is taken apart by the reality around her and is forced to confront her own anger. She meets Emad, a young Palestinian whose ambition...

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Palestine Drama
Palestinian Arabs West Bank Drama
Palestinos árabes Cisjordania Teatro
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Description:
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: Not rated
Other Title:
Milḥ hādhā al-baḥr
Notes:
First released as a motion picture in 2008
Director of photography, Benoit Chamaillard ; editing, Michèle Hubinon ; music, Kamran Rastegar
Suheir Hammad, Saleh Bakri, Riyad Ideis, Sylvia Weitz
DVD; NTSC; 1.85/16x9
Arabic, English and Spanish, with English subtitles
Cannes, Official Selection un certain regard ; Tribeca, Official selection ; London, Official Selection
Control Number:
805411
UPC:
705105266411
Other Authors:
Bakri, Saleh
Bidou, Jacques
Chamaillard, Benôit
Dumoulin, Marianne
Hammad, Suheir
Ideis, Riyad
JBA production
Jacir, Annemarie
Kino Lorber, Inc
Lorber Films (Firm)
Philistine Films (Firm)
Rastegar, Kamran
Weitz, Sylvia
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