Sand Storm (2016)

Original title

סופת חול

Directed by

Elite Zexer

Genre

drama film

Country

Israel

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 107 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Bedouin mother and daughter clash over tradition and personal freedom in a village in southern Israel. The story follows their struggles with family expectations and the choices they must make.

somberrestrainedintimateslow-burngroundedemotionalquietly tensegritty

What happens

Sand Storm (Hebrew: סופת חול Sufat Chol) is a 2016 Arabic-language Israeli coming-of-age film directed by Elite Zexer. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. At the 2016 Sundance Film Festival it won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic section. It won the Best Film Award at the Ophir Awards. It was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. The film is set in a Bedouin village in southern Israel and is Elite Zexer's directorial debut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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