15/11/2016 - Featured in the parallel sections, Eran Kolirin’s Beyond the Mountains and Hills and Maha Haj’s Personal Affairs will screen in the Italian city

Beyond the Mountains and Hills by Eran Kolirin

Beyond the Mountains and Hills [+see also:
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Presented in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section, Beyond the Mountains and Hills tells the story of a former Army colonel returns to civilian life. His wife and children are strangers to him, and society is incomprehensible and distant. And while Israel fights the same battle as ever, in private his fellow citizens atone for guilt whose origins have become unidentifiable. The film by Eran Kolirin (well-known for his award-winning The Band’s Visit [+see also:
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On the other hand, Maha Haj will screen Personal Affairs, about an elderly couple that goes through the motions of a jaded existence; not even the idea of the upcoming visit by their son Hicham, who emigrated to Sweden years earlier, can distract them. On the other side of the border, in Ramallah, Samar is expecting a baby and takes care of the future child’s grandmother, while her brother Tarek has no intention of becoming engaged to Maysa, a friend of Samar, whose husband, a mechanic, is offered a part in an American movie. The film, produced by Majdal Films, is sold internationally by Films Boutique.