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Omar
Why this pick
Like 200 Meters, it turns Palestine’s barriers and surveillance into immediate, intimate pressure, while grounding the suspense in a young man’s relationships and impossible daily choices.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Mustafa and his wife Salwa come from two Palestinian villages that are only 200 meters apart, but separated by the wall. Their unusual living situation is starting to affect their otherwise happy marriage, but the couple does what they can to make it work. Every night, Mustafa flashes a light from his balcony to wish his children on the other side a goodnight, and they signal him back. One day Mustafa gets a call that every parent dreads: his son has been in an accident. He rushes to the checkpoint where he must agonisingly wait in line only to find out there is a problem with his fingerprints and is denied entry. Desperate, Mustafa resorts to hiring a smuggler to bring him across. His once 200-meter journey becomes a 200-kilometer odyssey joined by other travellers determined to cross.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ali Suliman
Mustafa
Anna Unterberger
Anne
Lana Zreik
Salwa
Gassan Abbas
Abu Nidal
Nabil Al Raee
Nader
Motaz Malhees
Kifah
Mahmoud Abu Eita
Rami
Samia Bakri Qazmuz
Nabeela