Directed by:
Sameh ZoabiScreenplay:
Sameh ZoabiCinematography:
Laurent BrunetCast:
Kais Nashif, Lubna Azabal, Nadim Sawalha, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Yousef 'Joe' Sweid, Amer Hlehel, Ashraf Farah, Laëtitia Eïdo, Ula Tabari, Yaffa Levi, Sobhi Hosari (more)VOD (1)
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Salam, a charming 30-year-old Palestinian living in Jerusalem, works as an intern on the popular Palestinian soap opera Tel Aviv on Fire, produced in Ramallah. Every day Salam must pass through an arduous Israeli checkpoint to reach the television studios. He meets the commander of the check point, Assi, whose wife is a huge fan of the show. In order to impress her, Assi gets involved in the writing of the show. Salam soon realises that Assi’s ideas could get him a promotion as a screenwriter. His creative career catches fire, until Assi and the show’s financial backers disagree on how the soap opera should end. Squeezed between an Army officer and the Arab backers, Salam can only solve his problems with a final master stroke. (Venice International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Kais Nashif
Best movies:
Limbo (2020)
Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
Body of Lies (2008)
Lubna Azabal
Belgium
Best movies:
Incendies (2010)
Rebel (2022)
Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
Nadim Sawalha
Jordan
Best movies:
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Captain Abu Raed (2007)
Joseph (1995) (TV movie)
Maisa Abd Elhadi
Best movies:
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem (2017)
Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
The Angel (2018)
Yousef 'Joe' Sweid
Israel
Best movies:
The Bubble (2006)
Omar (2013)
Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
Amer Hlehel
Best movies:
Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
Paradise Now (2005)
Mediterranean Fever (2022)
Ashraf Farah
Best movies:
Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
Zaytoun (2012)
Agent Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation (2012)
Laëtitia Eïdo
France
Best movies:
Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
A Borrowed Identity (2014)
Chief of Station (2024)
Ula Tabari
Israel
Best movies:
Munich (2005)
Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
Inheritance (2012)
Yaffa Levi
Best movies:
Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
Sobhi Hosari
Best movies:
Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
Wajib (2017)
The Idol (2015)
Denis Simonetta
Best movies:
Colonia (2015)
Rebel (2022)
An Affair of Love (1999)