Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996)
Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996)
DVDRip | AVI | 512x368 | XviD @ 1019 Kbps | 84 min | 700 Mb
Audio: Arabic (العربية) MP3 @ 128 Kbps | Subs: English hardcoded
Genre: Drama
DVDRip | AVI | 512x368 | XviD @ 1019 Kbps | 84 min | 700 Mb
Audio: Arabic (العربية) MP3 @ 128 Kbps | Subs: English hardcoded
Genre: Drama
Director: Elia Suleiman
Writer: Elia Suleiman
Stars: Elia Suleiman, Nazira Suleiman, Fuad Suleiman
What does it mean to be Palestinian in the second half of the twentieth century? Filmmaker Elia Suleiman returned to the land of his birth to answer that question. Born in Nazareth in 1960, well after the establishment in 1948 of the State of Israel in historic Palestine, Suleiman lived for twelve years in self-imposed exile in New York. He returned to attempt to find his roots in a culture that had been uprooted. Chronicle of a Disappearance is a personal meditation on the spiritual effect of political instability on the Palestinian psyche and identity.
IMDB - 5 wins
My guess regarding all the props used in the film, is that is was created to break expectations of genres and stereotypes of Palestinians. We see a beautiful Arab woman unable to rent a flat in Jerusalem because others can tell over the phone that she is arab and not Israeli. We then see her with two men strapping wires around her, telling her where the remote is, and where to insert the powder. This turned out to be a fireworks display they were showing her. The viewer will also see things such as guns and grenades, which turn out to be lighters, Israeli police hastingly exiting a van with their rifles and lining up against a wall so they can all pee together next to each other. Our main character, the director, is somehow unable or chooses not to speak in this film. After coming back from NYU, Suileman is supposed to return to Palestine to present a film about peace, and is unable to speak, or is never given the chance to even when on a podium. Long takes, long moments of silence, and constant humored dialog and dashed expectations are what makes this mysterious film. Theres a mix of languages, including Arabic, English, French, Russian, and Hebrew. So many things about it, a college course could be taught on it. This is not the film you want to see if you are looking for propaganda, rather it falls more into the art film realm.
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Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996)
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