Info
Synopsis
Cast
Awards
Genre
- drama / comedy
Countries of Production
- Germany / France / Palestine / Cyprus
Language
- Arabic
World premiere
- 25th May 2022 – FF Cannes (Un Certain Regard)
German cinema release
- 4th May 2023
a production by
- Pallas Film, Majdal Films, Still Moving, Amp Filmworks
in association with
- Metafora Productions
with the support of
- MDM - Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, The Cyprus Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth (CCAC), La Région Île-de-France en partenariat avec le CNC, Doha Film Institute, Arab Fund For Arts and Culture AFAC, Eurimages – Council of Europe
World Sales
- Luxbox – Fiorella Moretti and Hédi Zardi
Distribution
- Neue Visionen Filmverleih
Waleed (40) lives in Haifa with his wife and children and dreams of a writing career while suffering from chronic depression. He develops a close relationship with his neighbor (a small-time crook) with an ulterior plot in mind. While the scheme turns into an unexpected friendship between the two men, it leads them into a journey of dark encounters.
WALEED
- Amer Hlehel
JALAL
- Ashraf Farah
OLA
- Anat Hadid
SHAMS
- Samir Elias
NOUR
- Cynthia Saleem
RANEEN
- Shaden Kanboura
Written by
- Maha Haj
Directed by
- Maha Haj
Producers
- Baher Agbariya, Thanassis Karathanos, Martin Hampel, Juliette Lepoutre, Pierre Menahem, Marios Piperides, Janine Teerling
Director of photography
- Antoine Héberlé
Editor
- Véronique Lange
Set design
- Andreas Antoniou
Music
- Munder Odeh
Gaffer
- Georges Harnack
Key Grip
- Gal Altshuler
Location Sound
- Jörg Weimann
Sound Design
- Florian Marquardt
Sound Editor
- Henry Uhl
Costumes
- Hamada Attalah
Makeup
- Mervat Hakroosh, Ioanna Nika
Mixing Engineer
- Adrian Baumeister
- Sydney FF
- Melbourne IFF
- Edinburgh IFF
- Sarajewo IFF
- Hongkong IFF
- WarsawIFF
- Vancouver IFF
- Chicago IFF
- São Paulo IFF
- FILMeX Tokio
- Brisbane IFF
- Palestinian FF, Australia
- Leeds IFF
- Leeds Palestinian FF
- Sevilla European FF
- Asian World FF, USA
- London Palestine FF
- Goa IFF
- Cinemamed, Belgium
- Bristol Palestine FF
- Chennai IFF, India
- Golden Rooster Award, China
- Palm Springs IFF
- Rotterdam IFF
- Mooov FF, Belgium
- Filmfest DC, USA
- Prize for the Best Screenplay / Cannes Film Festival
- Firebird Awards / Hong Kong IFF
- Student Jury Prize / Tokyo FILMeX
