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Wajib

2017

Annemarie Jacir

Saleh Bakri, Mohammed Bakri, Maria Zreik, Tarik Copty ...

6.6

1,021

Drama Living in Nazareth, Abu Shadi is a divorced father and a school teacher in his mid-sixties. His daughter is getting married and he has to live alone until his son – an architect that lives in Rome for many years now – arrives to help him with the wedding preparation. As the local Palestinian tradition requires, they have to hand-deliver the invitation to each guest personally. As the estranged pair spends days together, their fragile ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Jay Weissberg Variety	"Though visually characterless, and peppered with elements that feel less than fresh, 'Wajib' has a well-written climax that makes it come alive."
		Neil Young The Hollywood Reporter	"[An] accessible and genial glimpse into a complex and sometimes fraught area of the Middle East (...) [It] works just fine within its chosen limitations as a solid dual showcase for Bakri 'pere' and 'fils'."
		Allan Hunter Screendaily	"The writing is sharp and the situations should strike a universal chord across the generation gap (...) Naturalistic, nicely paced and well played by the lead actors"
		Leslie Felperin The Guardian	"Jacir’s script neatly unpeels the layers over the course of the movie (...) The rich sense of place and multidimensional characters are too seductive to resist (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"Jacir is a thrifty filmmaker; there’s nothing frilly in this movie. But she is also a sensitive and imaginative and resourceful one."
		Diego Semerene Slant	"The film’s dramatic denouement is a tour de force of a scene (...) [Jacir’s camera] mostly stares (and refreshingly so)"
		Bénédicte Prot Cineuropa	"[It] has a simple premise and a rather particular context that speaks volumes about Jacir’s country and is universally accessible"

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