Drama | Israel 2019
Swiss premiere
OV w. Eng. ST | 96′ | Ram Loevy
Yussuf Abu Warda, Ruba Bilal-Asfour, Jonny Phillips et al.
Houdini
Online-Edition
Three children from the West Bank are smuggled into Israel, arriving on George and Rita’s doorstep in Jaffa. As an Israeli Palestinian, George fears that hiding these illegal aliens could put Rita and himself in danger, while Rita believes that the children’s arrival could give their life meaning. Nearby, an English director by the name of Jerry is making a film about his parents, who served in the British army in Palestine in 1947. George is offered a role. As the two stories intertwine, greater tensions arise, dramatically revealing how close the past is to the present.