Taken as a big picture, sand storm is a disturbing drama about both genders losing that fight for free will against horrific gender institutions. Oct 10, 2016 it is a movie by israeli director elite zexer her debut, by the way about a girl and her mother in a bedouin village. Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, tv and ancillary revenue are. Lamis ammar sundance film festival 2016 pictures cbs. Dust storms arise when a gust front or other strong wind blows loose sand and dirt from a dry surface. Israeli family drama sand storm is an experience as. Sep 26, 2016 sand storm, a gritty film dealing with the lives of bedouin women in an impoverished and conservative southern village, is the directorial debut of elite zexer, a jewishisraeli, and was.
Recently devastated by her husband marrying a girl who is younger than her eldest daughter. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The drama turns on the ways men in a traditionbound arab culture enjoy the benefits of a way of life that oppresses women, who in turn oppress each other. Film tersebut memenangkan penghargaan film terbaik di penghargaan ophir. Actress lamis ammar attends the premiere of sand storm during the 2016 sundance film festival at egyptian theatre on january 25, 2016 in park city, utah. Sand storm s great gift is that it is human, not didactic, showing not only how difficult this iron web of culture and tradition is to escape from but also how much it poisons the lives of the men who enforce it as much as the women who are victimized by it. Sand storm 2016 tvpg 1h 28m israeli movies when a bedouin patriarch takes a second bride, his first wife chafes against her changing status while his daughter chases her own dreams of autonomy. Sand storm 2016 0125 2016 us drama 1h 27m user score. Sufat chol is a 2016 israeli drama film directed by elite zexer. A real life conflict between and of a mother and a daughter. Sand storm marks an impressive first feature for debuting writerdirector elite zexer that. Parents need to know that sand storm is an arab language, englishsubtitled israeli film that deals with the secondclass status of women born to a traditional arab culture. At the 2016 sundance film festival it won the grand jury prize in the world cinema dramatic section.
The film follows the struggle of a young bedouin girl and her will to be free of old traditions that try to keep her caged in a mans world. Its set in the heart of the desert, but the disturbances of the. When their entire lives shatter, two bedouin women struggle to change the unchangeable rules, each in her own individual way. But religion is a crucial absence in the films world, which feels very inexact. It was shown in the panorama section at the 66th berlin international film festival. Jalila is hosting an awkward celebrationthe marriage of her husband to a second, much. Sand storm 2016 in southern israel, a teens lamis ammar forbidden love affair challenges the traditions of her bedouin mother and father.
Arabiclanguage film is israels official oscar entry world. Ruba blalasfour, left, and shaden kanboura in sand storm, written and directed by elite zexer. Bedouin drama sand storm finds the patriarchy thriving. Jalila is hosting an awkward celebration the marriage of her husband to a second, much younger wife while trying to conceal the insult that boils inside her. Sand storm will premiere at the 2016 toronto international film festival on september. When the movie opens, the forces of modernity signaled by the images of young and older girls running free and sometimes boldly straying have already begun scratching at the stronghold of tradition, producing cracks that scratch, scratch threaten to become gateways. In arabic with english subtitles kino lorber a debut feature that heralds a strong new iconoclastic voice in israeli cinema. Israeli family drama sand storm is an experience intense as any thriller. Bedouin drama sand storm finds the patriarchy thriving in. Oct 06, 2016 israeli family drama sand storm is an experience intense as any thriller. Di festival film sundance 2016, film tersebut memenangkan grand jury prize dalam sesi world cinema dramatic. So it was today with sand storm, a wonderful film which deals with its complex issues in an intelligent and enlightening manner.
Video archive for the film sand storm, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2016. Sand storm, a gritty film dealing with the lives of bedouin women in an impoverished and conservative southern village, is the directorial debut of elite zexer, a jewishisraeli, and was. A young college girl falls in love with a boy from the university she attends. Dramatic at the sundance film festival in park city, utah, over the weekend. He is afraid of flying and she is about to fly away. Sep 22, 2016 israel has picked elite zexers feature directorial debut sand storm, an arabicspeaking desertset family drama, as its submission for the oscars in the best foreignlanguage film category. The complex way these relationships play out is this films central dynamic. However, denial has the biggest box office potential. Lamis ammar, ruba blal, and hitham omari sand storm official trailer 1 2016 lamis ammar movie when their entire lives shatter. Fine particles are transported by saltation and suspension, a process that moves soil from one place and deposits it in another. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive the most important daily or weekly news on european cinema.
Sand storm used a very implicit way to tell me that goodness brings rewards, badness gets punished. Please give us your description of the film playing. The film opens at wedding festivities in a bedouin village in the negev desert. Although its title might seem to promise an outdoor action drama, elite zexer s sand storm mainly takes place behind closed doors in a bedouin village in the negev desert. As problematic as the issue of arranged marriages is in the middle east, there are only so many outcomes available to filmmakers. Shes dressed in white with a veil against a black background, with black eyes painted onto her face and a barcode drawn on her. Polygamy, misogyny, and institutional oppression of women are examined in this tense depiction of the ways in which even men in such cultures are trapped by fear of ostracism and shame. Zexer, however, has sure instincts in staging scenes and directing actors, and shai pelegs crisp, realistic cinematography helps make the film. Financial analysis of sufat chol 2016 including budget, domestic and international box office gross.
Israeli film sand storm wins at sundance israel21c. It could be called a modern romeo and juliette of todays islam world. Elite zexers drama of a mother and daughter, both in rebellion against the traditional strictures of bedouin life, melds an ethnographers commitment to. Sand storm by frances raybaud a testament to the pull between duty and independence that plagues many youth today, but especially those in the east, sand storm is not the romcom it pretends to be. Sep 28, 2016 zexer reportedly studied bedouins for years before making sand storm, and theres a feeling of anthropological exactness to many of its details. Lamis ammar sundance film festival 2016 pictures cbs news. When jalilas husband marries a second woman, jalila and her daughters world is shattered, and the women are torn between their commitment to the patriarchal rules and being true to themselves.
Sundance film festival award winners 2016 a list of 25 titles created 6 months ago see all related lists. Sand storm finds a less explored strain, but fails at distinguish itself from other similarly themed films academy award nominee mustang hit theatres just last winter. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Sep 28, 2016 outside of dudes killing dudes, theres little that moviegoers seem to love more than weddings, a truth elite zexers heartsick desert drama sand storm exploits for a firstact sucker punch. Sand storm 2team productions leading israeli film and. Sand storm written and directed by elite zexer does not focus on layla or her relationship with a young man who she deeply loves. A dust storm, also called sandstorm, is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semiarid regions. A similar shot is seen near the end of the film, and the film itself has an overwhelming sense of continuity, unfortunately to. Trailer for sand storm, also known as sufat chol desert noon in a bedouin village in southern israel. Sand storm is a 2016 israeli drama film directed by elite zexer.
Sand storm sufat chol, a first feature by israeli director elite zexer, won the world cinema grand jury prize. With lamis ammar, ruba blal, hitham omari, khadija al akel. Set in a bedouin village in southern israel, sand storm is framed by two. Sand storm is a family drama that takes place in a bedouin village in the israeli dessert. It contains unheralded actors giving touching and devastatingly good performances and all brought together with magical directorial flair by elite zexer. Film tersebut ditayangkan dalam sesi panorama di festival film internasional berlin ke66.
Polygamy, misogyny, and institutional oppression of women are examined in this tense depiction of the ways in which even men in such cultures are trapped by fear of. A true story of a police officer persecuted fa lun gong practitioners, gradually he realized what he was told to do was wrong and his family were punished by sand storm. Outside of dudes killing dudes, theres little that moviegoers seem to love more than weddings, a truth elite zexers heartsick desert drama sand storm exploits for a firstact sucker punch. Then got banished from her home when spoken against him on forcing. September 28th, 2016 limited by kino lorber, released as sand storm international releases. Israeli family drama sand storm is an experience as intense.
Sand stormelite zexerin a workingclass suburb of tel aviv, two people meet. Zexer reportedly studied bedouins for years before making sand storm, and theres a feeling of anthropological exactness to many of its details. Sep 28, 2016 video archive for the film sand storm, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2016. Arabiclanguage film is israels official oscar entry. Lamis ammar, ruba blal, hitham omari, khadija al akel. Sand storm 2team productions leading israeli film and tv. As sand storm shifts character attention between jalila and laya, the film only seems unfocused if youre looking at their arcs as individuals. Israel has picked elite zexers feature directorial debut sand storm, an arabicspeaking desertset family drama, as its submission for the oscars in the best foreignlanguage film category. Sufat chol adalah sebuah film drama israel 2016 yang disutradarai oleh elite zexer. Beta cinema acquired the film about bedouin traditions in the face of modernity and will distribute it. The music video sonita shoots about the practice of brideselling is a highlight of the film. Sep 12, 2016 sand storm will premiere at the 2016 toronto international film festival on september.
Sand storm 2016 01252016 us drama 1h 27m user score. Israeli family drama sand storm is an experience as intense as any. Sand storm marks an impressive first feature for debuting writerdirector elite zexer that offers a perceptive and crucial look at patriarchal. Yet the arranged marriage, sand storm is a new look into the middle eastern culture where man is the only one who is entitled to make decisions, and whether it is right or wrong, thats a question nobody dares to. Desert noon in a bedouin village in southern israel. Sand storm is now playing exclusively at new yorks film forum. Sand storm official trailer 1 2016 lamis ammar movie youtube. Set in a bedouin village in southern israel, sand storm is framed by two weddings, events that dont as much bookend this movie as seal it closed. Amber wilkinson our sympathies are torn and turned on a dime.
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