Archive: Keswick Film Festival

Sunday 25th November 5:00 PM - Alhambra

Wajib
(A martfüi rém))

Director: Annemarie Jacir Country: Palestine
Cert: TBC Year: 2017 Length: 96 minsLanguage: Arabic

Autumn 2018

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Audience Reaction

Score: 81.57% Attendance: 109

Reviews

Reviewed By Vaughan Ames

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Director Annemarie Jacir uses a simple road trip around Nazareth to explore the different 'truths' of life as seen by Palestinians in Israel. Father and son (as are the actors), are hand delivering invites to a wedding; Abu Shadi - who has lived here all his life - and Shadi - who now lives in Italy - argue about their different views of how to survive, about what is important; about pragmatism and idealism.

Critics

It's easy to wear a rosecoloured pair of designer Italian glasses when you are observing from a distance, whereas Shadi's father faces the compromises needed to rub along successfully in his homeland