Completed - ARABIC - Drama - 90 minutes
Samy and his older brother "Stereo" are planning to emigrate from Palestine. In order to earn money for the travel, they work as sound service in all kind of events throughout the West Bank: weddings, funerals, demonstrations and political meetings...
Year of production : 2013 Director(s) : Rashid MASHARAWI Writer(s) : Rashid MASHARAWI Cast : Mahmoud ABU JAZI, Salah HANNOUN, Areen OMARI, Mayssa ABDEL HADI Producer(s) : Habib ATTIA (CINETELEFILMS), Abdel Salam ABU ASKAR (CINEPAL FILMS), Rashid MASHARAWI (CINEPAL FILMS)
The film is about two Palestinian brothers. Samy is 30 years old and Milad, known as “stereo”, in his forties, are planning to immigrate to Canada after an Israeli air force bombing of their family home. Following the attack Samy became mute and deaf and Stereo lost his wife. Through the immigration project, the two brothers are hoping to reconstruct their lives. Sami’s fiancée « Laila » is totally against her man’s departure and is trying to hold him back by any means necessary but without any success. Sami and Milad decided that they will definitely leave Palestine and its hardship. After his wife’s death, “Stereo” Milad gives up his prior life as a wedding singer. He is completely disillusioned and disgusted by life in Palestine. In order to pay for the travel, they decide to buy a second hand sound system that they will rent for all kind of events in Ramallah: Weddings, funerals, demonstrations, and political meetings. As they move on, the film tells about the absurdity of life in Palestine, using derision and without complacency, showing a wide range of situations both comical and desperate.
Country(ies) : PALESTINE, TUNISIA Financing plan : SORFOND NORWAY - Production Grant Aide aux Cinemas du Monde CNC MAE France - Production Grant ENJAAZ Dubai UAE - postproduction grant Visions Sud Est Switzerland - production Fund Palestinian Ministry of culture Palestinian Television Palestinian Investment fund Augustus Color, Italy A Palestine, Tunisia, France, Norway, UAE, Italy, Switzerland coproduction Start of shooting : September 2012
Toronto - TIFF 2013 Contemporary World Cinema