An evening with two films presenting two different views on the conflict in the Middle East.
8 p.m. For my father (Dror Zavahi, 2008)
The story places two close friends, Palestinians Said and Khaled, recruited by an extremist group to perpetrate a terrorist attack in Tel-Aviv, blowing up themselves. However, things go wrong and both friends must separate in the border. One of them, maintaining in his purpose of carry the attack to the end, and the other will have his doubts about it.
Alejandro Frias (www.imdb.org)
10 p.m. The Syrian Bride (Eran Riklis, 2004)
Young Druze Mona from the Golan Heights travels to Syria to marry a local TV star (who she only know from TV, while he’s only seen her on a picture). When she passes the Israeli border, she is arrested on Syrian soil. She may not continue, because there’s a problem with her passport. But she may not return to Israel either…
In this comedy, Israeli director Eran Riklis tells the story of people divided by physical, mental and psychological borders and of the courage and the choices people have to make to cross these borders. You will also be able to watch The Lemon Tree, by the same director, preceded by an introduction by the man himself.
in association with de Vlaamse Opera, MUKHA Media Antwerp & de Centrale / part of Opera+ (programme of De Vlaamse Opera centred around its production Samson & Dalila)
You can watch the films Avenge But One of My Two Eyes and Salt of the sea in the Centrale as part of Opera+
