A young Arab is caught between cultures as he is sent to a prestigious Jewish boarding school in Israel in the 1980s.
Acting
Barhom's face does what the script cannot say.
Direction
Riklis lets silence carry generational weight.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes Hebrew against itself.
Director
Eran Riklis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Sayed Kashua's semi-autobiographical novel; he later left Israel entirely, calling it 'a country that demands you disappear into its narrative.'
The real Jerusalem boarding school depicted still operates, though Kashua has claimed the film softened the daily racism he experienced.
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