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06 October 2015

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Fiction/ 90 Min/ 2004

Directed by: Saverio Costanzo

Synopsis: Mohammad, his wife and their five children live in a large, isolated house located halfway between a Palestinian village and an Israeli settlement.
The house, in the crossfire of the two sides, is a strategic lookout point that the Israeli army decides to seize, confining the family to a few downstairs rooms in daytime and a single room at night. Mohammad refuses to leave this home and, reinforced by his principles against violence, decides to find a way to keep his family together in the house until the Israeli soldiers move on.

Awards:

Best Actor at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema.

Best New Director at the David di Donatello Awards.

Silver Ribbon for Best New Director at the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists.

Golden Leopard for Best Director, Bronze Leopard for Best Actor and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Special Mention) at the Locarno International Film Festival.

FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

Silver Spike for Best Director at the Valladolid Film Festival.

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