A renowned director is preparing to shoot a film about the celebrated Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi. But his work is suddenly interrupted by an invitation to a small town in the middle of the Arava desert, where they’re showing one of the filmmaker’s movies. The routine courtesy visit, however, develops into an angry confrontation and indictment of the hypocritical system. This controversial and formally radical film won the Jury Prize (ex aequo) at the recent festival in Cannes.
A renowned director is preparing to shoot a film about the celebrated Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi. But his work is suddenly interrupted by an invitation to a small town in the Arava desert, where they’re showing one of his movies. The routine courtesy visit, however, develops into an angry confrontation and indictment of a hypocritical system that restricts freedom of speech with its creeping censorship. “Ahed’s Knee is about a man who pushes beyond his own limits over the course of one day. He thinks of himself as a monster or a superman, a devil or a prophet. But, in the end, maybe he’s neither one nor the other – he’s just someone experiencing a personal crisis in a society experiencing a collective crisis,” states Lapid. This controversial and formally radical film won the Jury Prize (ex aequo) at Cannes.
Karel Och
109 min / Color, DCP
Director Nadav Lapid
/ Screenplay Nadav Lapid
/ Dir. of Photography Shaï Goldman
/ Editor Nili Feller
/ Art Director Pascale Consigny
/ Producer Judith Lou Levy
/ Production Les Films Du Bal
/ Coproduction Komplizen Films, Pie Films
/ Cast Avshalom Pollak, Nur Fibak
/ Sales Kinology
Nadav Lapid (1975, Tel Aviv). Selected filmography: Road (Kvish, 2005, short), Policeman (Ha-shoter, 2011), Why? (Lama?, 2014, short), The Kindergarten Teacher (Haganenet, 2014), Synonyms (Synonymes, 2019), Ahed’s Knee (Haderek, 2021).
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