Nation Estate (2013)
A clinically dystopian, yet humorous approach to the deadlock in the Middle East.
- Date of release
- 2013-01-23
- TMDB
- 5.2 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 9m
- Genres
- Science Fiction
- Director
- Larissa Sansour
Casting
- Larissa Sansour
- Leila Sansour — Woman in Elevator
- Maxim Sansour — Man in Elevator
Interesting facts
Nation Estate is a 2012 Palestinian short film directed by Larissa Sansour with accompanying images for exhibition. The science fiction film and images depict Palestine as a skyscraper, with each floor as a representation of a city in Palestine. An earlier photographic version of the project garnered attention when it was removed from a competition at the Musée de l'Elysée, allegedly due to its political connotations.
Production
As a project, Nation Estate is composed of two parts, the nine-minute short film and a series of seven photographs. Sansour cast herself as the protagonist but neither her nor the other characters that appear in the film have spoken dialogue. The only voices heard are from the announcement systems on the train and elevator.
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