Movie: Chronicle of a Disappearance

Top 10 Billed Cast

Elia Suleiman
Elia Suleiman

E.S.

Nazira Suleiman
Nazira Suleiman

Mother

Fuad Suleiman
Fuad Suleiman

Father

Ali Suliman
Ali Suliman

The Man

Juliet Mazzawi
Juliet Mazzawi

The aunt

Fawaz Eilemi
Fawaz Eilemi

Abu Adnan

Leonid Alexeenko
Leonid Alexeenko

Priest

Ula Tabari
Ula Tabari

Adan

Taha Mouhamad Ali
Taha Mouhamad Ali

The writer

Samer Azar
Samer Azar

Turban man

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1996-09-01

  • Average

    6.5

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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