Director
Rashid Masharawi
Composer
Said Mouraad
Cast
Mohammad Bakri, Ahmad Abu Sal'oum, Hiam Abbass
Edition 1996
75'
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1996
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War, Drama
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Dialogue:
Arabic
Though he lives in Gaza, his name is Haifa and he keeps dreaming of returning to the city of the same name. He is the local fool but there are things that only Haifa knows. He knows Abu
Said, a relative and former policeman who has high hopes for the new political situation in
Gaza. Oum Said's hopes rest largely on the imminent release from prison of their eldest son
Said. She seeks a bride for Said to secure his future. Their youngest son, Siad, is cynical and
rebellious, refusing to believe in anything, while Sabah, their 12-year-old daughter is a
romantic who searches the future for whatever it may hold in store for her. And Haifa keeps
wandering the streets of Gaza seeing and knowing things.
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Credits
Directors
Rashid Masharawi
Composers
Said Mouraad
Cast
Mohammad Bakri, Ahmad Abu Sal'oum, Hiam Abbass
Scenario
Rashid Masharawi
Director of Photography
Ehab Assal, Edwin Verstegen
Editors
Hadara Oren
Producers
Henri Kuipers, Rashid Masharawi, Erik Schut, Peter van Vogelpoel
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Dialogue
Arabic
Countries of production
Germany
Year
1996