Chronicle of a Disappearance

Sep 1, 1996

1h 28m

★ 6.5

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

MEDIA Programme of the European Union

CNC

ITVS

Chronicle of a Disappearance Trailers

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Cast

E.S.

Elia Suleiman

Mother

Nazira Suleiman

Father

Fuad Suleiman

The Man

Ali Suliman

The aunt

Juliet Mazzawi

Abu Adnan

Fawaz Eilemi

Priest

Leonid Alexeenko

Adan

Ula Tabari

The writer

Taha Mouhamad Ali

Turban man

Samer Azar

Cafe owner

Imile Qamou

Russian waitress

Irena Mistrakov

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