Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem

Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem (1994)

Drama

Both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are sensitively explored in the Tunisian-French drama. Richard, a French TV journalist has been assigned to do a political story in Jerusalem the night before Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir Arafat sign their peace accord. Richard is glad to go as it gives him a chance to see his girlfriend Esther, a psychologist. Esther's father Moshe is continually tormented by his Holocaust memories. Hammoudi, nicknamed "Local Radio," is Richard's taxi driver and guide. He tells Richard the story of his family which was uprooted in 1948 resulting in the disappearance of his grandmother. Mysteriously, her picture appeared in a recent Arabic newspaper. Richard, intrigued, decides to center his investigations upon "Local Radio's" story. As he delves deeper into their lives he discovers that the ancient rivalries between the Israeli's and Palestinians is far too deep and complex to be easily explained away.

Director: Ridha Behi

Casts

	Jacques Perrin as Richard
	Salim Daw as Hammoudi, aka 'Radio Locale'
	Laurence Masliah as Esther
	Youssef El Ani as Anis
	Ben Gazzara as Moshe
	Rim Turki as Zeinab
	Ameur Khalil as
	Hichem Rostom as Ilane
	Najma Jani as Aicha
	Françoise Rigal as Elisabeth
	Patrick Chauvel as Harry
	Ali Khemiri as Abou Anis
	Tayeb Oueslati as Imam
	Ahmad Abu Sal'oum as Fawaz
	Ramses Mahfoud as
	Nadia Kan'an as Warda
	Edward Mualem as
	Malek Owaineh as
	Ismael Behi as
	Michal Dadon as
	Momo Essedik as
	Philippe Dajoux as
	Amel Klibi as
	Marc Baiada as
	Tahar Ben Said as
	Vincent Baiada as
	Salah Hatmani as
	Soundess Baiada as
	Noureddine Ben Lamini as
	Manuel Heredia as
	Pepe Carbonell as
	Juan Jose Suarez Salazar as

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