Chronicle of a Disappearance
Genres
Overview
Chronicle of a Disappearance unfolds in a series of seemingly unconnected cinematic tableaux, each of them focused on incidents or characters which seldom reappear later in the film. Among the many unrelated scenes, there is a Palestinian actress struggling to find an apartment in West Jerusalem, the owner of the Holy Land souvenir shop preparing merchandise for incoming Japanese tourists, a group of old women gossiping about their relatives, and an Israeli police van which screeches to a halt so several heavily armed soldiers can get off the car and urinate.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
88 min
Release Date
1996-09-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Arabic
Vote Count
23
Vote Average
6.5
Elia Suleiman
E.S.
Nazira Suleiman
Mother
Fuad Suleiman
Father
Ali Suliman
The Man
Juliet Mazzawi
The aunt
Fawaz Eilemi
Abu Adnan
Leonid Alexeenko
Priest
Ula Tabari
Adan
Taha Mouhamad Ali
The writer
Samer Azar
Turban man
Imile Qamou
Cafe owner
Irena Mistrakov
Russian waitress
Jamel Daher
Holy Land owner
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