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films
Canticle
of the Stones
(Nashidul Hajar)
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| Two
Palestinian lovers, parted during the 60s when he is imprisoned for
resisting the Israeli occupation and she sorrowfully emigrates to the
US, come together again in Jerusalem some 18 years later. He works for
an agricultural aid organisation, she is a scholar researching the meaning
of sacrifice in Palestinian society. Around them rages the turmoil of
the first Intifada. Michel Khleifis film boldly melds drama and
documentary in exploring the personal and political. Palestine-Belgium
1990/Dir Michel Khleifi.
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