Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays (2025)

ينعاد عليكو

Im kulturellen Schmelztiegel Haifa verflechten sich die Geschichten zweier Familien zu einem Netz aus gesellschaftlichen Konstrukten, Lügen und Intrigen. Die Freundin von Rami ist schwanger. Er empfindet die Elternschaft als zu schwierig, sie möchte es behalten. Seine wohlhabenden Eltern stecken in finanziellen Schwierigkeiten, doch die Mutter ignoriert das einfach und plant eine große Familienfeier unbeirrt weiter. Derweil ist Miri, die Schwester von Ramis Freundin, mit ihrer Tochter beschäftigt, die in einer Depression zu stecken scheint – gleichzeitig versucht sie, die Beziehung ihrer Schwester zu Rami zu sabotieren. Als sich ein Autounfall ereignet, scheint dies nichts weiter zu bedeuten. Doch er genügt, um das fragile Gefüge nach und nach zum Einsturz zu bringen.

Erscheinungsdatum
2025-07-03
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (18)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 35 Min.
Genres
Drama
Regie
Scandar Copti

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Happy Holidays is a 2024 Palestinian family drama film written and directed by Scandar Copti. It is an international co-production. It premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2024, where it won the "Orizzonti" (Horizons) Award for Best Screenplay. It is scheduled to have a limited theatrical release in the United States on 5 December 2025.

Production

The film is written, directed, and edited by Scandar Copti, a Palestinian director with Israeli citizenship, who is known for his debut feature film Ajami (2009), which was nominated for an Oscar. He said that the inspiration for the film came from a conversation he overheard as an adolescent, with a woman who was his relative telling her son "Don't ever let a woman tell you what to do", referring to his wife.

The cast is composed entirely of non-professional actors. Copti said: "They're real people that come from the professional background of the characters that they portray. For example, Miri (Meirav Memoresky) is a real nurse, and Walid (Raed Burbara) is a real doctor."

Tim Kuhn was responsible for the cinematography, while the sound design was by Maximilien Gobiet, Pierre Tucat, and Matthias Schwab. Tony Copti, Jiries Copti, Jean Bréhat, Dorothe Beinemeier, Marco Valerio Fusco produced the film, through Fresco Films, Tessalit Productions, Red Balloon Film, and Intramovies. Producers in several countries were involved: Palestine, Germany, France, Italy, and Qatar.

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