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SHARQIYA

by Ami Livne

synopsis

Kamel Najer is Bedouin; he works as a security guard at Be’er Sheba’s central bus station on the northern edge of the Negev desert. All day long he keeps an eye out for any suspicious-looking pieces of luggage which might contain a bomb. After work he goes back to the desert and the nomadic camp that has been assigned to him, his brother, his wife and a herd of goats. One day he returns to his hut to discover a directive from the authority responsible for Bedouins informing him that his home is to be pulled down. Although their family has lived in this desert region for centuries, they have no paperwork to prove they own the land. The nomadic lifestyle is a thorn in the side of Israeli authorities. Convinced he is in the right, Kamel uses the discovery of a bomb at work to draw attention to the problems of the Bedouin minority.

original title: Sharqiya
country: Israel, France, Germany
year: 2012
genre: fiction
directed by: Ami Livne
film run: 82'
release date: FR 07/11/2012, BE 22/05/2013
screenplay: Guy Ofra
cast: Adnan Abu Wadi, Maysa Abed-Alhadi, Adnan Abu Muhareb, Eli Menash
cinematography by: Boaz Yehonathan Ya’acov
film editing: Zohar Sela
art director: Salim Shehade
costumes designer: Shams Shaloufi
producer: Eyal Shiray, Elie Meirovitz, Itai Tamir, Fabian Gasmia, Henning Kamm
production: EZ Films, Detailfilm, Golden Cinema, Laila Films/Israel
distributor: ASC Distribution, Libération Films

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