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SYNOPSIS
In her early twenties, Hiam Abbass left her native Palestinian village to follow her dream of becoming an actress in Europe, leaving behind her mother, grandmother, and sisters. Thirty years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina returns with her to the village and questions for the first time her mother’s bold choices, her chosen exile, and the way the women in their family influenced both their lives.
Balearic premiere. With the presence of the editor.
Why must you see it?
Lina Soulamen, a Palestinian-Algerian director, walks us through her family’s home archive in a melancholy tone, bridging one of the world’s most intricate geopolitical crises: Israel-Palestine.
The depiction of four generations of women in her family reveals an identity divided across countries.
A poetic essay on a territory only accessible via memory. A deeply touching trip between the past and the present that leaves us with questions about the future.
Lara Sousa
Lina Soualem
French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker and actress, born and based in Paris. After studying History and Political Science at La Sorbonne University, Lina Soualem worked as a programmer for the International Human Rights Film Festival in Buenos Aires. Soualem’s debut feature documentary Their Algeria premiered in Visions du Réel International Film Festival 2020, and received the First Film Award in CINEMED Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film, the Best Arab Documentary Award in El Gouna Film Festival and the Best Documentary Award at Cinemania Film Festival 2021, among a dozen other awards. Lina Soualem also acted in three feature films directed by Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass and Rayhana.
She currently works as an author on fiction, documentaries and TV series.
Year: 2023
Country: France, Palestine, Belgium, Qatar
Length: 82 min
Language: French and Arabic
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Director: Lina Soualem
Production: Beall Productions, Altitude100 Production, Philistine Films
Editor: Gladys Joujou
DOP: Frida Marzouk
