SAND STORM
by Elite Zexer
synopsis
Desert noon in a Bedouin village in Southern Israel. Jalila is hosting an awkward celebration – the marriage of her husband to a second, much younger wife – while trying to conceal the insult that boils inside her. Her daughter Layla is preoccupied with a different matter. Her secret, strictly forbidden, love affair with Anuar was just unveiled by her mother. Jalila believes that the world is harsh and cruel, and the only way to win - is to keep your mouth shut, your head as high as possible without raising too much attention, and struggle from inside the limits of the traditional world surrounding you. Layla believes that there are no limits to the world surrounding her. Everything can be hers if she only wished hard enough. But, as the story unfolds, they each fail in her individual battle. Their whole family falls apart and everything they believe in shatters. Now, the two women are forced to understand that, if they wish to survive, they will have to start seeing the world from each other's eyes.
international title: | Sand Storm |
original title: | Sufat Chol |
country: | Israel, France |
sales agent: | Beta Cinema |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Elite Zexer |
film run: | 87' |
release date: | FR 25/01/2017 |
screenplay: | Elite Zexer |
cast: | Hitham Omari, Lamis Ammar, Ruba Blal-Asfour, Khadija Alakel, Jalal Masrwa |
cinematography by: | Shai Peleg |
film editing: | Ronit Porat |
art director: | Nir Adler |
costumes designer: | Chen Gilad |
music: | Ran Bagno |
producer: | Estee Yacov-Mecklberg, Haim Mecklberg |
production: | 2-Team Productions [IL] |
distributor: | Pyramide Distribution |