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Amira / Film Clinic Production ; the Imaginarium ; produced by Hany Abu-Assad ... [and others] ; screenplay by Mohamed Diab, Khaled Diab, Sherine Diab ; directed by Mohamed Diab.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 037 207
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Girls--Palestine--Drama.
- Girls.
- Fathers and daughters--Palestine--Drama.
- Fathers and daughters.
- Donor conceived people--Palestine--Drama.
- Donor conceived people.
- Children of sperm donors.
- Middle East--Palestine.
- Genre:
- Drama
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Motion pictures, Egyptian.
- Fiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, NY] : Distrib Films : Icarus Films Home Video, [2022]
- Language Note:
- Arabic and Hebrew dialogue; English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; stereo.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Amira is a vivacious seventeen-year-old who has brown-up believing she was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her incarcerated father. Proud to be the daughter of a man she considers a political prisoner and a hero to her Palestinian neighborhood, Amira adores her father with a fierce zeal. Her sense of identity is shattered when another attempt to conceive a child with her father₂s smuggled sperm reveals he is infertile. As her family and community react with suspicion and disbelief, the teenager, angry and feeling betrayed, doggedly sets out to uncover the truth, no matter where it might lead her. Inspire by true stories of children conceived in secret by Palestinian prisoners in Israel, Egyptian filmmaker Mohamed Diab crafts a family drama as gripping as any political thriller.
- Participant:
- Ali Suliman, Saba Mubarak, Tara Abboud, Waleed Zuaiter, Ziad Bakri, Suhaib Nashwan, Sameera Asir.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Ahmed Gabr ; editors, Ahmed Hafez, Ibrahim Elhefnawy.
- Notes:
- Title from sell sheet.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2021.
- Wide screen.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Contains:
- Container of: Amira (Motion picture)
- Container of: Amira (Motion picture). Arabic.
- Container of: Amira (Motion picture). Hebrew.
- OCLC:
- 1341684254
- Publisher Number:
- 854565003880
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