Tel Aviv on Fire

  • Tel Aviv on Fire
  • Tel-Aviv on Fire
  • Tel-Aviv on Fire

Showings

AMC Loews New Brunswick A Sun, Nov 10, 2019 7:00 PM
Princeton Garden Theatre Tue, Nov 12, 2019 7:30 PM
AMC Loews New Brunswick A Sat, Nov 16, 2019 7:15 PM
Film Info
Director:Sameh Zoabi
Release Year:2018
Production Country:Israel
Original Language:Hebrew and Arabic
Subtitles:English Subtitles

Description

This critically acclaimed film explores the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a satirical comedy. When Salam, a hapless young Palestinian man with no experience in the television business, begins work on a soap opera filmed in Ramallah, his daily commute takes him through an Israeli checkpoint. IDF officer Assi soon discovers Salam’s connection to the show—and his own wife’s obsession with it—so he uses his power to become Salam’s secret writing partner. With both men now invested in the soap’s narrative arc, Salam has to concoct plot twists to suit viewers on both sides.

 

“Sharp-eyed and funny.”
—A. O. Scott, New York Times

 

WINNER: Best Film, Haifa International Film Festival and Venice Film Festival, 2018
NOMINATED: 4 Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Film, 2019