PRIVATE

Year: 2004
UK: Metrodome Distribution
Cast: Hend Ayoub, Mohammed Bakri, Lior Miller, Arin Omary, Tomer Russo, Marco Alsaying
Director: Saverio Costanzo
Country: Italy
Language: Arabic / English / Hebrew (English subtitles)
UK: 95 mins
UK Certificate: 15 contains infrequent strong language
UK Release Date: 13 May 2005

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Synopsis

Mohammed, his wife and their five children live in an isolated house located halfway between a Palestinian village and an Israeli settlement. The house finds itself in the crossfire of the two sides and soon becomes a strategic area watching point that the army decides to confiscate. Mohammed refuses to leave his house.

Reinforced by his principles against violence, he decides to find a solution living together with the Israeli soldiers. Living in fear fragments the family relationship - every member reacts in different ways to the soldier's presence in the house and to the father's authority. Just when life seems to be getting back to normal, a new spiral of violence erupts...