Junction 48
Junction 48 | |
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Directed by | Udi Aloni |
Written by | Oren Moverman Tamer Nafar |
Produced by | Udi Aloni Stefan Arndt Lawrence Inglee David Silber |
Starring | Tamer Nafar |
Cinematography | Amnon Zlayet |
Edited by | Jay Rabinowitz |
Release dates |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | Israel |
Languages | Arabic Hebrew |
Junction 48 is a 2016 Israeli drama film directed by Udi Aloni, co-written by Oren Moverman and the film's star Tamer Nafar. [1] It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Audience Award.[2][3]
Plot[]
Karim, a young Arab from Lod, works for the Execution Office's Customer Service, and lives among drug dealers in the Middle East drug capital, but dreams of being a musician. The plot takes place in Lod and the character of Karim is based on the Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar (who also plays his role), and who wrote the screenplay with Oren Moverman, as well as composed the music for the film (along with Itamar Ziegler of the Balkan Beat Box).
Cast[]
- Tamer Nafar as Kareem
- as Manar
- as Kareem's mother
- as Talal
- as Yousef
- Tarik Kopty as Abu Abdallah, Talal's father
- Sameh Zakout as Amir
- as Hussam
- as Shaikh
- as Mariam
References[]
- ^ "Junction 48". Berlinale. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Berlinale 2016: Panorama Celebrates Teddy Award's 30th Anniversary and Announces First Titles in Programme". Berlinale. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Israeli Winner at Berlin Film Festival Calls Israeli Government 'Fascist' at Movie Screening". Haaretz. No. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
External links[]
- Junction 48 at IMDb
Categories:
- 2016 films
- 2016 drama films
- Israeli films
- Israeli drama films
- Arabic-language films
- Hebrew-language films
- 2016 multilingual films
- Israeli multilingual films
- Israeli film stubs
- 2010s drama film stubs