Ana Arabia
August Auteurs
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1h 17m
Directed by Amos Gitai • Arthouse • 2013 • Israel, France • Hebrew with English subtitles
Starring Yuval Scharf, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Sarah Adler
Filmed in one sequence shot by acclaimed director Amos Gitai, “Ana Arabia” follows a young journalist who visits a small community of outcasts, Jews and Arabs, that live together in a forgotten enclave at the border between Jaffa and Bat Yam. In dilapidated shacks and an orchard filled with lemon trees, she discovers a range of characters far removed from the usual clichés offered by the region.
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