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Bir'em

2022 · 75 min

This is a quiet, reflective journey steeped in the weight of history and personal memory.

Directed by: Camille Clavel
Genres: Drama
Starring: Sama Abuleil, Yazan Bakri, Raouf Abu Fares

Overview: In the north of Israel, Nagham, a Palestinian girl, decides to return to Bir’em, her family’s village, which was destroyed during the 1948 Palestinian Nakba. The teenager spends the summer reconnecting with memories of her grandfather.

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Directed by: Camille Clavel
Genres: Drama
Starring: Sama Abuleil, Yazan Bakri, Raouf Abu Fares

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
identity
family
war
colonialism
Places: countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Camille Clavel
Written by: Marc Wels, Camille Clavel, Tony Andreus
Starring: Sama Abuleil, Yazan Bakri, Raouf Abu Fares, Elana Mahloul Luqa, May Endrawes, Lara Makhoul, Mahmoud Ehlel, Maher Talhami
Music: Nicolas Mollard
Cinematography: Jérôme Colin
Runtime: 75 min
Country: France, Palestinian Territory
Languages: Arabic, Hebrew

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