Saturday | Feb 18 | 4:30 PM
Director: Maha Haj
Palestine | 108 mins | Arabic w/ subtitles
Winner, Best Screenplay in Cannes' Un Certain Regard
Sponsors: Lisa Schamberg & Pat Robins
Palestinian-Israeli writer-director Haj’s serio-comic film explores a complicated friendship-enmity between two middle-aged neighbors. The film builds up with small blocks of humor and well-observed vignettes, so that we hardly notice when things go awry. Keeping us guessing right up to the end, this comedy about depression is a refreshing look at the region's political turmoil.