Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem

The story

Both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are sensitively explored in the Tunisian-French drama. Richard, a French TV journalist has been assigned to do a political story in Jerusalem the night before Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir Arafat sign their peace accord. Richard is glad to go as it gives him a chance to see his girlfriend Esther, a psychologist. Esther's father Moshe is continually tormented by his Holocaust memories. Hammoudi, nicknamed "Local Radio," is Richard's taxi driver and guide. He tells Richard the story of his family which was uprooted in 1948 resulting in the disappearance of his grandmother. Mysteriously, her picture appeared in a recent Arabic newspaper. Richard, intrigued, decides to center his investigations upon "Local Radio's" story. As he delves deeper into their lives he discovers that the ancient rivalries between the Israeli's and Palestinians is far too deep and complex to be easily explained away.

Cast

J Jacques PerrinRichard S Salim DawHammoudi, aka 'Radio Locale' L Laurence MasliahEsther Y Youssef El AniAnis B Ben GazzaraMoshe R Rim TurkiZeinab A Ameur Khalil H Hichem RostomIlane N Najma JaniAicha F Françoise RigalElisabeth P Patrick ChauvelHarry A Ali KhemiriAbou Anis

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T Tayeb OueslatiImam A Ahmad Abu Sal'oumFawaz R Ramses Mahfoud N Nadia Kan'anWarda E Edward Mualem M Malek Owaineh I Ismael Behi M Michal Dadon M Momo Essedik P Philippe Dajoux A Amel Klibi M Marc Baiada T Tahar Ben Said V Vincent Baiada S Salah Hatmani S Soundess Baiada N Noureddine Ben Lamini M Manuel Heredia P Pepe Carbonell J Juan Jose Suarez Salazar