A family of five their two goats and donkey live in the middle of nowhere far from their village home. They earn meager living by producing and selling charcoal made from the surrounding trees. The father and son are the only ones who ever return to their native village. The Mother and two daughters have not left this place since the day they abandoned home 10 years ago. One day the father decides to provide running water for the family by illegally diverting water onto their lan
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Debut film from Arab director Tawfik Abu Wael, the first feature by a Palestinian filmmaker to be funded by Israeli producers. Abu (Hussein Yassin Mahajne) and his family have settled in an isolated valley, and his tyrannical father Shukri (Amal Bweerat) rules the family home with an iron fist. But when he decides to build a water pipeline for his family, it awakens in them their desire for freedom, with tragic results.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. A family of five, their two goats and donkey live in the middle of nowhere far from their village home. They earn meager living by producing and selling charcoal, made from the surrounding trees. The father and son are the only ones who ever return to their native village. The Mother and two daughters have not left this place since the day they abandoned home, 10 years ago. One day the father decides to provide running water for the family by illegally diverting water onto their land. The three women recoil from the idea but the teenage son obeys submissively anything to be allowed to continue attending school. The water surging through the pipe parallels the surging resentment the family feels towards the father. He brought them to this place against their will and they know the reason they left their home is also the reason they can never return, but the newly free-flowing water on their land re-awakens the instinctive desire for freedom they have been repressing all these years... Actors Hussein Yassin Mahajne, Amal Bweerat, Roba Blal, Jamila Abu Hussein & Ahamed Abed Elrani Director Tawfik Abu Wael Certificate 12 years and over Year 2004 Screen Widescreen 2.35:1 Anamorphic Languages Arabic - Dolby Digital (2.0) Subtitles English Duration 1 hour and 49 minutes (approx)
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