200 meters

Mustafa, a Palestinian construction worker, lives 200 meters away from his wife Salwa and their children in villages separated by the Israeli border wall. Though his family are all Israeli citizens, Mustafa refuses to obtain a permit to live with them. Unwilling to succumb to what he believes are un...

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Other Authors: Nayfeh, Ameen (Screenwriter), Suliman, Ali (Actor), Unterberger, Anna, 1985- (Actor), Malhees, Motaz (Actor), Abu Aita, Mahmoud (Actor)
Format: Videos DVD
Language: Arabic
Hebrew
English
Published: [New York] : Film Movement, [2023]
Series: Film Movement series.
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Summary: Mustafa, a Palestinian construction worker, lives 200 meters away from his wife Salwa and their children in villages separated by the Israeli border wall. Though his family are all Israeli citizens, Mustafa refuses to obtain a permit to live with them. Unwilling to succumb to what he believes are unjust laws, he instead uses his work permit to visit daily. However, one day he gets a call every parent dreads: his son has been injured and brought to the hospital. Rushing to cross the Israeli checkpoint, Mustafa is denied on a technicality. Stopping at nothing to reach his child, a 200 meter distance becomes a 200 kilometer odyssey, as the increasingly desperate Mustafa attempts to smuggle himself to the other side of the wall.
Item Description: Title from cover art.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2020.
Aspect ratio 1.85:1 widescreen.
Special features: Audio commentary with director Ameen Nayfeh; Bonus short film The crossing, directed by Ameen Nayfeh (10 min.), Arabic with English subtitles.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD; NTSC; all regions; wide screen; 5.1 surround sound/2.0 stereo.
Audience: Not rated by the MPAA.