A legendary Iranian director walks into Jerusalem and nobody talks to each other.
To examine the deteriorating relations between Palestine and Israel following the Hamas attack on October 7, the director walks into the heart of Jerusalem, a city that has been a holy site for Judaism, Islam, and Christianity for centuries, where tension and hatred have become a daily reality. Even though Jews and Muslims live in the same building, they do not communicate with each other and occasionally attack one another. However, the residents, from their respective positions and perspectives, ponder solutions for coexistence and peace between Muslims and Jews.
Direction
Makhmalbaf's patient, poetic observation of neighbors who refuse to see each other.
Cinematography
Jerusalem's holy stones framing ordinary lives cracked by politics.
Director
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Makhmalbaf's 30-year exile from Iran shapes this: he's filming forbidden neighbors as a forbidden filmmaker himself.
The building's shared spaces—elevators, laundry rooms—become characters: liminal zones where contact almost, almost happens.
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