A House in Jerusalem (2023)

Directed by

Muʼayyad ʻAlyān, Muayad Alayan

Genre

drama film

Country

Palestine, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

12

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Jewish-British girl and her father move into a house in West Jerusalem. The girl sees the ghost of a Palestinian girl who lived there before her family was forced out in 1948. She travels to the West Bank to find the ghost's family.

hauntingmelancholicsupernaturalgentleintrospectiveunresolvedpoignantquietly intense

What happens

A House in Jerusalem is a 2023 fantasy drama film directed by Muayad Alayan. It premiered in February 2023 at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. The film tells the story of a Jewish-British girl Rebecca and her father who move to Israel into a West Jerusalem home, where she encounters the ghost of a Palestinian girl named Rasha whom only she can see. Rasha's family was expelled from that home during the 1948 Palestine war known as the Nakba. Eventually, Rebecca makes a visit to Bethlehem's Aida Camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank to repay a past debt after her father had thrown out Rasha's doll, and in search of the house's historical owners. The film's screenplay was written by Muayad and Rami Musa Alayan, two Palestinian brothers. It was released by Netflix in early 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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