Completed - ARABIC, HEBREW - Drama - 100 minutes
Year of production : 2014 Director(s) : Eran RIKLIS Writer(s) : Sayed KASHUA Cast : Tawfeek BARHO, Yael ABECASSIS, Michael MOSHONOV Producer(s) : Michael ECKELT (RIVA FILMPRODUKTION GMBH), Bettina BROKEMPER (HEIMATFILM GMBH CO KG), Antoine DE CLERMONT-TONNERRE (MACT PRODUCTIONS), Avraham PICHI (UCM FILMS (UNITED CHANNELS MOVIES)), Chilik MICHAELI (UCM FILMS (UNITED CHANNELS MOVIES)), Tami LEON (UCM FILMS (UNITED CHANNELS MOVIES))
1987: The first Intifada. 1991: The Gulf War. Two major events in the Middle East, two major stations in the life of young Sayed, a boy who grows up in an Arab town within Israel, surrounded by a loving family which is also a bit crazy and quite funny. A father who is a Communist and a terrorist, a mother who hugs but also disciplines him, a charming grandmother full of secrets who knows everything about everything, a mysterious riddle that Sayed solves, friends from the town and guests from Tel Aviv and above all – a funny story about the search for identity, a search that changes dramatically when Sayed finds himself in a boarding school in Jerusalem where he finds love, compassion, where he finds who he really is but changes identity to start a new life – no longer an Arab, no longer a Dancing Arab.
Country(ies) : GERMANY, FRANCE, ISRAEL
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Hofer Filmtage 2014FF Jerusalem 2014 (premiere)IFF Locarno 2014