Im Schatten des Orangenbaums (2025)
Westjordanland, 1988: Als der junge Noor (Muhammad Abed Elrahman) bei einer Demonstration schwer verletzt wird, beginnt seine Mutter Hanan die bewegende Geschichte ihrer Familie zu erzählen. Die Erzählung führt zurück ins Jahr 1948, als Noors Großvater Sharif sich weigert, Jaffa zu verlassen, um sein Haus und den Orangenhain zu schützen. Doch Krieg, Vertreibung und Gefangenschaft reißen die Familie auseinander. Sharifs Sohn Salim wächst im Schatten seines Heimatlandes auf, das er nie wirklich kennengelernt hat. Als Noor Jahrzehnte später gegen israelische Soldaten protestiert, scheint sich die Geschichte zu wiederholen. Doch im Moment ihres größten Schmerzes treffen Hanan und Salim eine Entscheidung für die Menschlichkeit und geben damit Hoffnung auf Versöhnung.
Der Regisseur: Cherien Dabis
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Saleh Bakri as Salim |
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Cherien Dabis as Hanan |
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Adam Bakri as Sharif |
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Maria Zreik as Munira |
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Mohammad Bakri as Older Sharif |
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Muhammad Abed Elrahman as Noor |
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Sanad Alkabareti as Young Noor |
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Salah Al Din as Young Salim |
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Rida Suleiman as Malek |
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Yousef Zaalok as Young Ahmad |
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Nabil Al Raee as Older Ahmad |
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Julia Hamdan as Young Amira |
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Marwan Hamdan as Laith |
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Jessica Jbara as Salwa |
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Hayat Abu Samara as Layla |
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Dominik Maringer as Ari |
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Ismail Habbash as Imam |
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Einat Weizman as Family Service Coordinator |
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Adam Khattar as Israeli Soldier 1 |
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Malek Rabah as Israeli Soldier 2 |
| Directing | Cherien Dabis | Director |
| Production | Thanassis Karathanos | Producer |
| Camera | Christopher Aoun | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Cherien Dabis | Writer |
| Production | Karim Amer | Producer |
| Production | Martin Hampel | Producer |
| Production | Cherien Dabis | Producer |
| Production | Μάριος Πιπερίδης | Co-Producer |
| Production | Janine Teerling | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Tina Baz | Editor |
| Sound | Amine Bouhafa | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Bashar Hassuneh | Production Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zeina Soufan | Costume Designer |
| Production | Mohannad Malas | Executive Producer |
| Production | Geralyn White Dreyfous | Executive Producer |
| Production | Andy Nahas | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nadia Saah | Executive Producer |
| Production | Bennett Lindenbaum | Executive Producer |
| Production | V | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Rasha Mansouri Elmasry | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Hassan Elmasry | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Nadim Haddad | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Ennis Rimawi | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Rasheed Amireh | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Lara Dabis | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Maiken Baird | Executive Producer |
| Production | Idriss Mokhtarzada | Executive Producer |
| Production | Bissan Tibi | Casting |
| Production | Sana Tanous | Casting |
| Art | Bashar Hassuneh | Production Design |
| Production | Stephanie Nadi Olson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Javier Bardem | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mark Ruffalo | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Spyros Christoforatos | Crowd Assistant Director |