In the beginning was Palestine, and the story of Younes (Orwa Nyrabia) began, known as Abou Salem, known as the Man, said to be the father of Ibrahim, fighting the English from the age of ...
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| Hiam Abbass | ... | Um Youness | |
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Hussein Abou Seada | ... | Colonel Mehdi |
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Fady Abou-Samra | ... | Dr. Amgad |
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Mohamad Akil | ... | Responsable OLP |
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Ahmad Al Ahmad | ... | Adnan |
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Darina Al Joundi | ... | Femme fantôme (as Darina El Joundi) |
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Vivianne Antonios | ... | Epouse de Sameh |
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Muhtaseb Aref | ... | Sheikh Ibrahim |
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Gérard Avedissian | ... | Barman |
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Antoine Balabane | ... | Georges |
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Maher Essam | ... | Selim |
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Hanane Hajj Ali | ... | Zeinab |
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Mohamed Hedaki | ... | Abou Essaf |
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Talal Jurdi | ... | Tortionnaire (as Talal Jordy) |
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In the beginning was Palestine, and the story of Younes (Orwa Nyrabia) began, known as Abou Salem, known as the Man, said to be the father of Ibrahim, fighting the English from the age of 16, still fighting, but retrenched in the Lebanon, illegal in his own country ; the story of Nahila (Rim Turki) also began, married to him when she was twelve, breast-feeding their first child, born during the villagers' exhausting trek towards the North, fleeing their burning homes, Nahila whom he met secretly in a cave in Bab El Chams, in Galilee. Again it is the story of Doctor Khalil (Bassel Khayat), abandoned by his mother in the shambles of the refugee camps, who, in Beirut, rescued Younes in a deep coma, lulling him with the tragic story of his people ; and yet again it is that of Chams (Hala Omran) whom Khalil loved and was executed by his companions in arms. Fifty years of history full of suffering, hope and love.
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19 January 2005 (Egypt) See more »Also Known As:
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This movie is divided into two parts, the first dealing with the Palestinians' displacement in the 1948 war and the history since then, and the second part dealing more specifically with the Lebanon war and the Palestinians' complicated situation there.
The first part is absolutely brilliant, a totally engaging epic told through the a comatose Palestinian militant. The second part has a lot more dialogue and gets a bit didactic in parts, where it seems like the characters are just explaining the politics of the Middle East for the benefit of the camera. Since the whole movie runs 4.5 hours, this half could probably have benefited from some cutting, but it's still hard to criticize the film as a whole.