Tessalit Productions (Production de films pour le cinéma)

The attack

May 29, 2013
Poster
Dr. Amin Jaafari is an Israeli Arab. He is fully integrated into Tel Aviv society, married to a woman who loves him, has a successful career as a surgeon, and has many Jewish friends. But after a bombing in a Tel Aviv restaurant that kills nineteen people, the Israeli police inform him that his wife was the suicide bomber. Amin initially rejects the accusation, but gradually he is overcome by doubt. His worst fears are confirmed when he receives a posthumous letter from his wife confirming her actions. Devastated by this revelation and wanting to understand how he failed to detect her intentions, Amin decides to travel to the Palestinian Territories to search for those he believes recruited his wife. There, Amin plunges into a dangerous world where he is not welcome, disregarding his own safety in his quest for the truth…
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Director : Ziad Doueiri.

Authors : Ziad Doueiri, Joëlle Touma.

Actors : Ali Suliman, Reymonde Amselem, Karim Saleh, Uri Gavriel, Evgenia Dodina.

Production

3B Productions, Scope Pictures (Belgique), Douri Films (Liban) and John Wells (Usa)

Distribution

Wild Bunch

Award(s)

2012

Festival du Film de Telluride
– Official selection

Festival International du Film de Toronto
– Special Presentation

Festival International du Film de San Sebastiàn
– Prix Spécial du Jury
– TVE Otra Mirada Award : Mention Spéciale

Festival International du Film de Marrakech
– Étoile d’or

Festival International du Film de Dubaï
– Arabian nights

Festival Arte Mare du Film et des Cultures Méditerranéennes à Bastia
– Prix du Public
– Prix Cine Kantara France Bleu

2013

Festival ColCoa du Cinéma Français à Hollywood
– Prix du Public
– Prix Spéciale de la Critique
– Coming soon Award

Festival Mooov à Bruges
– Prix du Public

Festival International du Film d’Istanbul
– Prix Cineuropa.org

MedFilm Festival à Rome
– Meilleur Film

Festival International “Film by the Sea”
– Film and Literature Award

Foire du Livre à Frankfort
– Prix de la Meilleure Adaptation Internationale

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