CinemaOSMovie · 2015 · 1h 0m

Arab Movie

57%(3)IMDbDocumentary

So many Israelis still wax nostalgic about that old Friday afternoon ritual, back in the times when television had just one channel. Everyone would watch the Arab movie of the week, but did anybody ever wonder how Israel’s official TV station was able to transcend hostile boundaries to obtain these films, and why it insisted on showing movies made by “the enemy”? The Arabic-language movie from Egypt let some of us escape back to our original homeland, and let others peek out from our “villa in the jungle” and catch a glimpse of our neighbors across the border. But most of us didn’t really want to see the people whose culture, anguish, and aspirations were reflected on our screens. “Arab Movie” brings us the stars and the songs, the convoluted plots, and that fleeting moment when we shared the same cultural heroes as everyone else in the Middle East. But this film about the richness and intensity of Egyptian cinema also raises some disturbing questions.

Directed byEyal Sagui Bezawe, Sara Tsifroni

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 0m
Language
EN
Released
May 8, 2015
Studios
Trabelsi Productions

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Cast & crew

Creative team
Directed by
Eyal Sagui Bezawe
Sara Tsifroni
Produced by
Osnat Trabelsi

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