Personal Affairs
Cannes Film Festival
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1h 30m
In Nazareth, an elderly couple settles into a weary routine, while across the border in Ramallah, their son Tarek clings to bachelorhood, their pregnant daughter prepares for motherhood, and her husband lands a movie role. As the family navigates personal ambitions, shifting relationships, and everyday absurdities, their lives unfold against a backdrop of political tensions and checkpoints.
Premiering in the prestigious Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival, Palestinian filmmaker Maha Haj’s “witty and modern” (The Upcoming) feature debut PERSONAL AFFAIRS went on to win Best Feature at the Haifa International Film Festival and Best First Feature at the Philadelphia Film Festival.
“PERSONAL AFFAIRS has its own story to tell, and Haj tells it winningly and distinctively.” –Jerusalem Post
DIRECTED BY MAHA HAJ
ISRAEL, STATE OF PALESTINE | 2016 | ARABIC, HEBREW WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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