Against the background of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, amidst bombs, soldiers and fears, a woman sends a good-bye letter from Jerusalem to her ex girlfriend now living in Denmark. Through images from the eastern and western town, interviews with friends and clips from TV and newspapers, this movie conveys a personal account of life in Jerusalem at the climax of violence.—Anonymous
Jerusalem movie offers a lyric perspective to the explosive events of 2000-2001. Elena Canetti combines the pain for the love lost and the disappointment for the broken dream of peace in a poetic epistle in which town and individual become one. The sensitive eye of the camera and the personal voice -- at times ironic, always sincere -- capture the confusion and perplexity at the dismantlement of normal life. In a metaphorical reading, the absent girlfriend to whom the letter is addressed alludes to a continent that has shaped both history and identities in this part of the world.Dr. Andrea Rotstein, Tel-Aviv University.
