Genre: Drama

Year of Production: 2002

Running Time: 1 Hour 25 min

Language: Arabic

Subtitles: French

Resolution: 352*288

Video Codec: DivX 5.2.1 Codec

Audio Codec: MPEG 1 Layer 3

Data Rate: 83 Kbps

Frame Rate: 25,12 fps

Bit Rate: 56 Kbps

Sample rate: 22 KHZ

A FILM BY RASHID MASHARAWI

PALESTINE/ FRANCE/ THE NETHERLANDS

2002 – 35mm – 16/9 – Dolby – Color – 85’

CAST: Ghassan Abbas, Areen Omary, George Ibrahim, Reem Ilo, Imad Farageen, Najah Abu Al-Heja, ect...

English:

Jaber tries to make a good life with his wife in the Palestinian refugee camp near Ramallah, just north of Jerusalem. A kind, gentle man in his early 40s, he runs a mobile cinema, bringing entertainment to both children and adults throughout the disputed territory of the West Bank. Due to the conflict, his mission meets more and more obstacles - too many checkpoints, permits that are difficult to obtain, etc.

One day, Jaber is encouraged by Rabab, a female school teacher, to organize a screening in Jerusalem\'s old city. His perseverance is put to the test when he investigates the complicated possibilities of staging this screening. His efforts get him involved in the problems of Rabab\'s elderly mother, a Jerusalem resident trying to protect her home from Israeli settlers.

Tension erupts in Jaber\'s relationship with his wife, Sanah, who questions her husband\'s motives for continuing to take risks in his repeated trips to Jersusalem. Jaber’s determination to follow through with the Jerusalem screening, despite a strained political and domestic atmosphere, is the inspiration that carries this film through to the end.

French:

Un palestinien, personnage calme et tetu, essaie de faire une projection pour les palestiniens de Jérusalem, les colons juifs et les forces d\'occupation israélienne n\'ont pas l\'intention de le laisser mener à bien sa mission \" subversive \".

Un cinema paradiso à la palestinienne. Une sorte de résistance culturelle.

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