Part-fiction, part-documentary, In the Last Days of the City captures beautifully and powerfully the ebb and flow of a city mired by constant political struggle and uncertainty.
All director Amos Gitai is saying is, give peace a chance.
Two men’s ill-tempered argument over a broken drainpipe leads to a hurled curse, a savage punch, a vendetta, and a courtroom showdown.
Israeli and Palestinian youth explore the possibility of finding common ground among the chaos.
All they are saying, in Hebrew and Arabic, is give peace a chance.
Balancing Bedouin tradition and modern life is a rocky path for women.
A gem from Israel about three female Palestinian roommates in Tel Aviv. Tough and touching.
One of the more pointedly political (and funny) Middle Eastern films to play the festival circuit of late.
This coming-of-middle-age film gives us a hero who has nothing and plops him in the middle of the Saudi Arabian desert. It becomes a subtle examination of aging and alienation that isn’t afraid to laugh at itself.