Mustafa and his wife Salwa come from two Palestinian villages that are only 200 meters apart, but separated by the wall. Their unusual living situation is starting to affect their otherwise happy marriage, but the couple does what they can to make it work. Every night, Mustafa flashes a light from his balcony to wish his children on the other side a goodnight, and they signal him back. One day Mustafa gets a call that every parent dreads: his son has been in an accident. He rushes to the checkpoint where he must agonisingly wait in line only to find out there is a problem with his fingerprints and is denied entry. Desperate, Mustafa resorts to hiring a smuggler to bring him across. His once 200-meter journey becomes a 200-kilometer odyssey joined by other travellers determined to cross.
Directed by Ameen Nayfeh
palestine
border
affectation
angry
illegal border crossing
zealous
absurd
dramatic
whimsical
admiring
ambiguous
ambivalent
audacious
awestruck
earnest
enchant
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3.8 / 5
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Cast
Ali Suliman
Mustafa
Anna Unterberger
Anne
Motaz Malhees
Kifah
Lana Zreik
Salwa
Nabil Al Raee
Nader
Gassan Abbas
Abu Nidal
Doraid Liddawi
Avi
Crew
Ameen Nayfeh
Director
Ameen Nayfeh
Writer
Elin Kirschfink
Director of Photography
May Odeh
Producer
Sylvain Bellemare
Sound Designer
Popular Reviews
8 reviews
Caleb Langdale-Hunt
8.0★ · 10/27/25
The claustrophobia the people must feel from that fucking wall is so well illustrated in this film.
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The claustrophobia the people must feel from that fucking wall is so well illustrated in this film.