Release Date

02 Jan, 1994

Runtime

01:24: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are sensitively explored in the Tunisian-French drama. Richard, a French TV journalist has been assigned to do a political story in Jerusalem the night before Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir Arafat sign their peace accord. Richard is glad to go as it gives him a chance to see his girlfriend Esther, a psychologist. Esther's father Moshe is continually tormented by his Holocaust memories. Hammoudi, nicknamed "Local Radio," is Richard's taxi driver and guide. He tells Richard the story of his family which was uprooted in 1948 resulting in the disappearance of his grandmother. Mysteriously, her picture appeared in a recent Arabic newspaper. Richard, intrigued, decides to center his investigations upon "Local Radio's" story. As he delves deeper into their lives he discovers that the ancient rivalries between the Israeli's and Palestinians is far too deep and complex to be easily explained away.

Original Title

Les hirondelles ne meurent pas à Jerusalem

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Actors

Jacques Perrin

סלים דאו

Laurence Masliah

Youssef El Ani

Ben Gazzara

Rim Turki

Ameur Khalil

Hichem Rostom

Najma Jani

Françoise Rigal

Patrick Chauvel

Ali Khemiri

Tayeb Oueslati

Ahmad Abu Sal'oum

Ramses Mahfoud

Nadia Kan'an

Edward Mualem

Malek Owaineh

Ismael Behi

Michal Dadon

Momo Essedik

Crew

Ridha Behi

Ridha Behi

Tijani Zalila

Ridha Behi

Louis Duchesne

Hassine Soufi

Jean-Claude Petit

Nicolas Barachin

Catherine Bonetat

Andrea Crisanti

Cynthia Sleiter

Fatma Jaziri

Jonathan Liebling

Theo van de Sande