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Self Made

Original title: Boreg
  • 20142014
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
222
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Self Made (2014)
  • Drama
Self Made tells the story of two women - one Israeli, the other Palestinian- who are trapped within their respective worlds. After a mix-up at a checkpoint, they find themselves living the l... Read allSelf Made tells the story of two women - one Israeli, the other Palestinian- who are trapped within their respective worlds. After a mix-up at a checkpoint, they find themselves living the life of the other on the opposite side of the border.Self Made tells the story of two women - one Israeli, the other Palestinian- who are trapped within their respective worlds. After a mix-up at a checkpoint, they find themselves living the life of the other on the opposite side of the border.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
222
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  • Director
    • Shira Geffen
  • Writer
    • Shira Geffen
  • Stars
    • Sarah Adler
    • Samira Saraya
    • Doraid Liddawi
Top credits
  • Director
    • Shira Geffen
  • Writer
    • Shira Geffen
  • Stars
    • Sarah Adler
    • Samira Saraya
    • Doraid Liddawi
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    • 4User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 6 nominations

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    Sarah Adler
    Sarah Adler
    • Michalas Michal
    Samira Saraya
    Samira Saraya
    • Nadineas Nadine
    Doraid Liddawi
    Doraid Liddawi
    Na'ama Shoham
    • Mikaas Mika
    Zidane Awad
    Zidane Awad
    • Slemanas Sleman
    Ziad Bakri
    Ziad Bakri
    • Yusufas Yusuf
    Rozeen Bisharat
    Rozeen Bisharat
    • Mother at the checkpointas Mother at the checkpoint
    Henry David
    Henry David
    • Chefas Chef
    Silvia Drori
    • German film produceras German film producer
    Abdallah El Akal
    Abdallah El Akal
    • Hamidas Hamid
    Yael Hadar
    Yael Hadar
    • Vikias Viki
    Holger Irmisch
    • German photographeras German photographer
    Milad Matar
    Milad Matar
    • Driveras Driver
    Salwa Nakkara
    Salwa Nakkara
    • Omanas Oman
    Omer Perelman Striks
    Omer Perelman Striks
    • Idoas Ido
    • (as Omer Perlman Striks)
    • Director
      • Shira Geffen
    • Writer
      • Shira Geffen
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    9/10
    Nice work, but does break a rule here and there
    Shira Geffen was on TV explaining that although she knows it's customary to say what a film is about in a single sentence, she can't say clearly what this film of her own is about. But fools rush in, so I'll say that the gist is in what the protagonist, an artist, is heard saying about her own work: that it explores what happens when people confront the impossibility of undoing what they've done. In this particular case, a woman who can't live with what she's done breaks out of herself-- into amnesia, to begin with. Her adventures, absurd and occasionally amusing, are interleaved with those of an Arab counterpart. Naturally we expect them to cross paths, and they do; but some other narrative conventions are violated and we're left to wonder whether this is the way that Geffen's inspiration works or whether she is trying to pass off a failure to achieve proper narrative as a leap into higher art beyond it. The audience I was with seemed pleased by each episode but disappointed that the episodes didn't add up. Other than the plot, the backgrounds must be remarked on-- some strikingly peppered expanses of color and of grey, and some Beckettesque desert nothingness with a border-crossing in the middle like one of those free-standing doors in a Warner Brothers cartoon landscape. All in all, I found the movie pleasing and somewhat similar to Geffen's previous film (Jellyfish) although unhappier behind its flashes of wackiness.
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    • Release date
      • April 30, 2015 (Israel)
    • Country of origin
      • Israel
    • Languages
      • Hebrew
      • Arabic
      • German
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Selfmade
    • Production companies
      • Movie Plus productions
      • United King Films
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      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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