A House in Jerusalem

A House in Jerusalem (2023)

Mourning her mother’s death and struggling to adjust to her new life in Israel, a young girl bonds with the lonely spirit of a Palestinian child.

Date de sortie
2023-07-13
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (4)
Durée
1 h 44 min
Genres
Fantastique, Drame, Horreur
Réalisateur
Muayad Alayan

Distribution

Anecdotes

A House in Jerusalem is a 2023 fantasy drama film directed by Muayad Alayan. It premiered in February 2023 at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. The film tells the story of a Jewish-British girl Rebecca and her father who move to Israel into a West Jerusalem home, where she encounters the ghost of a Palestinian girl named Rasha whom only she can see. Rasha's family was expelled from that home during the 1948 Palestine war known as the Nakba. Eventually, Rebecca makes a visit to Bethlehem's Aida Camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank to repay a past debt after her father had thrown out Rasha's doll, and in search of the house's historical owners.

Production

The Jerusalem house was filmed in East Jerusalem rather than the western part as it would have been difficult to convince the tenants there of shooting a film narrating the Palestinian history of it according to the director. The director also stated that the film had to be shot incognito and claim that it was for documentary purposes as doing otherwise would have complicated the licensing process from Israeli authorities.

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