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Chronicle of a Disappearance
Chronicle of a Disappearance

Chronicle of a Disappearance

Genres

Drama

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Chronicle of a Disappearance unfolds in a series of seemingly unconnected cinematic tableaux, each of them focused on incidents or characters which seldom reappear later in the film. Among the many unrelated scenes, there is a Palestinian actress struggling to find an apartment in West Jerusalem, the owner of the Holy Land souvenir shop preparing merchandise for incoming Japanese tourists, a group of old women gossiping about their relatives, and an Israeli police van which screeches to a halt so several heavily armed soldiers can get off the car and urinate.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Arabic

Runtime

88 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

01 September 1996

Country

Belgium

Cast

Elia Suleiman

Elia Suleiman

E.S.

Nazira Suleiman

Nazira Suleiman

Mother

Fuad Suleiman

Fuad Suleiman

Father

Ali Suliman

Ali Suliman

The Man

Juliet Mazzawi

Juliet Mazzawi

The aunt

Fawaz Eilemi

Fawaz Eilemi

Abu Adnan

Leonid Alexeenko

Leonid Alexeenko

Priest

Ula Tabari

Ula Tabari

Adan

Taha Mouhamad Ali

Taha Mouhamad Ali

The writer

Samer Azar

Samer Azar

Turban man

Imile Qamou

Imile Qamou

Cafe owner

Irena Mistrakov

Irena Mistrakov

Russian waitress

Jamel Daher

Jamel Daher

Holy Land owner

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