Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Suheir Hammad | ... | Soraya | |
Saleh Bakri | ... | Emad | |
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Riyad Ideis | ... | Marwan |
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Dana Drigov | ... | Airport Agent 1 |
Edna Blilious | ... | Airport Agent 2 (Ilana) (as Edna Balilous) | |
Ishai Golan | ... | Male Agent | |
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Hagar Lotem | ... | Young Agent |
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Renana Lotem | ... | Body Search Agent |
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Sylvie Wetz | ... | Corinne (as Sylvie Wetz) |
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Yahya Barakat | ... | Ziad |
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Khaled Hourani | ... | Khaled |
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Ismael Dabbag | ... | Bank Teller |
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Jack Saadeh | ... | Bank Manager |
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Iman Aoun | ... | Wealthy Landlord |
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Giras Abu Sabbah | ... | Cinematheque Bouncer |
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, contrary to hers, is to leave forever. Tired of the constraints that dictate their lives, they know in order to be free, they must take things into their own hands, even if it's illegal Written by JBA Production
A friend of ours who is of Palestinian descent invited us to see this movie at Berkeley's California theater and didn't know what to expect. The movie was presented by the Arab Film Festival to a sold out crowd. This movie took us on an eye opening journey of how horribly Palestinians refugees are treated by the settlers. During painful moments in the movie, the audience around me would sigh and groan at what was happening. I thought "It's just a movie" and then realized it is not just a movie. It is what is truly happening now, today! Though I am not Palestinian, I would remember stories my Mother told me about how the Japanese would treat Filipinos during the war. The minimization of an entire culture of people by invaders who believed they had right to her country. I truly recommend every American who has not read or heard of the history of Palistine see this movie. I hope to see more movies about Palistine in hopes we can learn more and understand what is the truth.