After fifteen years of imprisonment, Ziad struggles to adjust to modern Palestinian life as the hero everyone hails him to be. Unable to distinguish reality from hallucination he unravels and forces himself to go back to where it all began.
Acting
Ziad Bakri's physicality speaks what dialogue cannot.
Direction
Jarbawi blurs memory, dream, and present with brutal precision.
Sound
Silence weaponized—every ambient noise carries threat.
Director
Bassam Jarbawi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bassam Jarbawi filmed in real West Bank locations, casting non-professionals from refugee camps alongside trained actors.
The title refers to a specific interrogation technique and becomes a loaded symbol of both resistance and complicity.
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