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Santa Claus tries to outrun a gang of knife-wielding youth. It's one of several vignettes of Palestinian life in Israel - in a neighborhood in Nazareth and at Al-Ram checkpoint in East Jerusalem. Most of the stories are droll, some absurd, one is mythic and fanciful; few words are spoken. A man who goes through his mail methodically each morning has a heart attack. His son visits him in the hospital. The son regularly meets a woman at Al-Ram; they sit in a car, hands caressing. Once, she defies Israeli guards at the checkpoint; later, ninja-like, she takes on soldiers at a target range. A red balloon floats free overhead. Neighbors toss garbage over walls. Life goes on until it doesn't.
October 2, 2002
Ognon Pictures, ARTE France Cinéma
18 people
Elia Suleiman
E.S.
Directing
Nayef Fahoum Daher
Father
Acting
Manal Khader
The Woman
Acting
George Ibrahim
Santa Claus
Acting
Jamel Daher
Jamal
Acting
Amer Daher
Auni
Acting
Lutuf Nouasser
Neighbor with American van
Acting
Riad Masarweh
Abu Basil
Acting
Bassem Loulou
Abu Amer
Acting
Salwa Nakkara
Adla
Acting
Naaman Jarjoura
Uncle
Acting
Rana Nashashibi
Um Elias
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