Completed - HEBREW, ARABIC, YIDDISH, FRENCH, ENGLISH - Jewish, Drama - 90 minutes
The film is an optimistic and ironic metaphor of the divided city of Jerusalem in which we, Israelis, Palestinians and others, try to simulate how life can happen in this microcosm or “sardines can” of a tramway, in the utopian days to come.
Year of production : 2018 Director(s) : Amos GITAI Writer(s) : Marie-josé SANSELME, Amos GITAI Cast : Mathieu AMALRIC, Yael ABECASSIS, Pipo DELBONNO, Noa AHINOAMAM NINI, Karen MOR, Producer(s) : Catherine DUSSART (CDP), Laurent TRUCHOT (AGAV Films)
A Tramway in Jerusalem is a situation comedy that juxtaposes stories and human situations in the context of the current Israeli Palestinian society in 2018. In Jerusalem the tramway connects several neighbourhoods, from East to West, recording their variety and differences. The film brings together a whole mosaic of human beings unfolding in this city which is also the spiritual centre of the three great monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. We observe the daily life of this human landscape, a series of encounters that take place along the Light Rail Red Line, from the Palestinian neighborhoods of Shuafat and Beit Hanina in East-Jerusalem to Mount Herzl in West-Jerusalem. This theme comedy observes with humour a series of short situations, moments of the everyday life of a few passengers. For us – the filmmaker, the visitor during this trip – the human reality of Jerusalem is a juxtaposition of the fragments of life, of conflicts and reconciliations, that appear in the film. As if we would like to project the daily life and its inertia power against the demagogism which aims to distill hatred. Let’s hope for the best.
Country(ies) : FRANCE, ISRAEL
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Venice - Biennale 2018