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Checkpoint

by Ruben Amar

Fiction | France | 2010 | Beta | 19 min.

italian subtitles by EMM

Date
saturday 21 july
Location
MONSELICE, Cinema Corallo
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Suleiman, a young Palestinian boy is living in the Gaza strip accompanies his father on monthly visits to the ruins of a destroyed village. Though he doesn’t understand his father's ritual, he feels he has a duty to help him.

Biography/Filmography:

Ruben Amar is a multi-awarded director and screenwriter of six short films shot in London, New York, Paris and Tel Aviv. His movies have been screened in more than 50 international film festivals like Clermont-Ferrand, Raindance, Palm Springs, Slamdance, Montreal World Film Festival, Interfilm Berlin, London Short Film Festival

Direction
Ruben Amar
Script
Ruben Amar, Lola Bessis
Photography
David Rudoy
Editing
Frédéric Baillehaiche
Cast
Abdallah El Akel, Hussein Yassin Mahajne, Vitali Friedland, Alon Rotman
Production
Carlito Films
Distribution
Carlito Films