Film

Alam

2022 · 1h 49m · Drama

Despite being part of a young generation of Palestinian Arabs whose families chose to stay and challenge the Israeli state after Al-Nakba, 17-year-old Tamer and his friends are just like any other group of teenage boys. They clumsily search for drugs, flirt with girls, play video games, and slack off at school. However, when a beautiful new student named Maysaa’ joins their class Tamer immediately falls for her and, by association, is drawn into her political activism. Together they join fellow classmate, Safwat, in an operation to covertly raise the Palestinian flag and peacefully disrupt the local celebrations planned for Israel’s Independence Day – otherwise known to Palestinians as a day of mourning and memorialization for their displacement 70 years prior. Unsure of his own political convictions, Tamer must quickly determine what matters to him and what price he is willing to pay for freedom.

Mahmood Bakri

Tamer

Sereen Khass

Maysaa'

Mohammad Karaki

Shekel

Muhammad Abed Elrahman

Safwat

Ahmad Zaghmouri

Rida

Saleh Bakri

Uncle Naji

Amer Hlehel

Tamer's father

Jaboor Kawn

May

Haithem Kokhon

The headmaster's assistant

Riyad Sliman

Adel

Moez Toumi

The headmaster

• Firas KhouryDirector · Writer
• Marie-Pierre MaciaProducer
• Claire GadéaProducer
• Naomie LagadecProducer
• Shahinaz ElakkadProducer
• Frida MarzoukDirector of Photography
• Faraj SuleimanOriginal Music Composer
• Nadia ben RachidEditor

Official Trailer

Release date

November 18, 2022

Status

Released

Original language

Arabic

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

15

Genres

Drama