Summaries

A romantic drama about a working-class woman and her experiences traveling back home.

Soraya, born in Brooklyn in a working class community of Palestinian refugees, discovers that her grandfather's savings were frozen in a bank account in Jaffa when he was exiled in 1948. Direct, stubborn, and determined to reclaim what is hers, she fulfills her life-long dream of "returning" to Palestine. Slowly she is taken apart by the reality around her and is forced to confront her own anger. She meets Emad, a young Palestinian whose ambition, contrary to hers, is to leave forever. Tired of the constraints that dictate their lives, they know in order to be free, they must take things into their own hands, even if it's illegal—JBA Production

Details

Keywords
  • male rear nudity
  • male nudity
  • beach
  • woman
  • palestine
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Sep 2, 2008
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Unrated
Countries of origin France Spain Belgium Switzerland Occupied Palestinian Territory
Language English Arabic Hebrew
Filming locations Palestine
Production companies JBA Production Philistine Films Thelma Film

Box office

Budget $800000
Gross US & Canada $11662
Opening weekend US & Canada $4973
Gross worldwide $736502

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 49m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby SR
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

Synopsis

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