Papagayo

A raw, essayistic blend of documentary and animation that feels like a painful, personal meditation on love and loss across cultural divides.

Directed by

Omar Al Abdul Razzak

Genres

Documentary, Animation

Tagline

A Jewish-Muslim love story.

Overview

A month after the Hamas attack and Israel's bloody retaliation, which marks the beginning of the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, an Israeli illustrator living in Spain breaks up with her long-term partner, a Spanish filmmaker of Syrian origin. Omar decides to continue working on the film they had been making together, using footage shot in the Middle East and the unfinished drawings left behind by his beloved. A story about religious fanaticism and its absurdities, and a painful dissection of the relationship between two people who wanted to be together despite their cultural differences.

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, earnest and satirical. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Love, identity, faith, politics

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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