Borders

1999 0h 56m HE

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 1

Documentary

Synopsis

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A riveting documentary that puts a human face on the neighbors who live alongside Israel’s 1,171 kilometers of borders. The film deftly explores the political, cultural and geographical divisions that separate Israelis, Lebanese, Jordanians, Syrians, Egyptians and Palestinians from one another. Some of these borders are peaceful and quiet; others are fraught with fear. But the people who live and work near the borders—an Israeli soldier who “adopts” an Arab family, a Druze bride who leaves her family in the Golan to marry in Lebanon (the real-life story behind Riklis’s Syrian Bride), or the Lebanese merchant importing luxury goods from Israel into Southern Lebanon we will meet again in Lebanon Dream—navigate these artificial boundaries with a combination of emotional and physical effort.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nurit Kedar
Writers: Eran Riklis, Nurit Kedar
Languages: Arabic, Hebrew
Countries: Israel

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RUNTIME

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Tight 56-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Arabic, Hebrew.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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IMDB entry: tt0205497 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Nurit Kedar directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Israel. Dialogue in Arabic, Hebrew.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 56-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
227 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Arabic, Hebrew.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5IMDB entry: tt0205497 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.