Chronicle Of A Disappearance represents a highly personal journey back to the home country of Israel for ex-patriot Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman. Composed of two parts, the film first documents the lives of the Arab community in Nazereth, before moving on to take a more political view of the city and its people. This is where Suleiman takes a more active role in the feature. After originally making the trip home on a quest to find inspiration, he is confronted with a multitude of unnerving images of the Arab people trapped in a cultural identity crisis, and so it becomes his mission to document this.
Directed by Elia Suleiman
Actors
- : le père
- : Adan
- : la mère
- : la tante
- : Abu Adnan
- : l'écrivain
- : Jamal, propriétaire du Holyland
- : le prêtre
- : le père
- : Adan
- : la mère
- : la tante
- : Abu Adnan
- : l'écrivain
- : Jamal, propriétaire du Holyland
- : le prêtre
Film Crew
- : Elia Suleiman
- : Hans Ter Elst
- : Samir Srouji
- : Jean-Paul Mugel
- : Marc-André Batigne
- : Anna Ruiz
- : Elia Suleiman
- : Alla Abed Azria
- : Elia Suleiman
- : Dhat Production
- : Pyramide Distribution
Technical Information
- Couleur
- English
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At its best, this structure offers both formal and political interest, since the film's segments are described respectively as personal and political diaries.
Janet Maslin, The New York Times
