Return to Haifa (1982)

Original title

عائد إلى حيفا

Directed by

Kassem Hawal

Genre

drama film

Country

Lebanon

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A Palestinian couple returns to their former home in Haifa after many years. They confront the Israeli family that now lives there and grapple with memories of their past.

melancholiccontemplativeslow-burnsomberbittersweetintimatepoignant

What happens

השיבה לחיפה הוא סרטו של הבמאי קאסם האוואל (Kasem Hawal), שיצא לאקרנים בשנת 1982 בהפקת סרטי אל-ארד. הסרט מבוסס על הנובלה "השיבה לחיפה" של ע'סאן כנפאני שיצאה לאור ב-1969. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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