45 MINUTES TO RAMALLAH
synopsis
Rafik, a smart young Palestinian from East Jerusalem, prefers working in Europe instead of living with his dominant father in Israel. And he’s not keen on returning to attend the marriage of his unloved brother Jamal. He accepts the invitation only to do his mother a favour. But things quickly degenerate. The brothers quarrel, their father dies of a heart attack and now they must travel to bury him near his Ramallah birthplace. It generally takes 45 minutes for the trip, but that's only when the car isn't stolen and the police get involved...
international title: | 45 Minutes to Ramallah |
original title: | 45 Minutes to Ramallah |
country: | Germany |
sales agent: | The Little Film Company UK |
year: | 2013 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Ali Samadi Ahadi |
release date: | DE 05/12/2013 |
screenplay: | Gabriel Bornstein, Karl-Dietmar Möller-Naß |
cast: | Navíd Akhavan, Ed Ward, Karim Saleh, Julie Engelbrecht, Jackie Sawiris, Eyas Younis, James Garson Chick, Suzan Demircan |
cinematography by: | Wedigo von Schultzendorff |
film editing: | Silke Olthoff, Frank Geiger |
music: | Ali N. Askin |
producer: | Frank Geiger, Mohammad Farokhmanesh, Armin Hofmann |
production: | Brave New Work Film Productions, ARD Degeto Film GMBH |
distributor: | Zorro Film |