Waleed is 40 years old. He lives in Haifa with his wife and children and dreams of a writing career while suffering from chronic depression. He develops a close relationship with his neighbor, a small-time crook, with an ulterior plot in mind. While the scheme turns into an unexpected friendship between the two men, it leads them into a journey of dark encounters.
Winner of Best Screenplay Award in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival.
Mediterranean Fever
2022
14 years
108 min.
Fiction
Palestine, Germany, France, Cyprus, Qatar
friendship, Palestine, Germany, France, Cyprus, Qatar, crime, existential crisis, international festivals, awarded films, female directors
Colorido
Maha Haj
Maha Haj
Antoine Héberlé
Véronique Lange
Amer Hlehel, Ashraf Farah, Anat Hadid, Samir Elias, Cynthia Saleem, Shaden Kanboura
Baher Aghbariya, Thanassis Karathanos, Martin Hampel, Juliette Lepoutre, Pierre Menahem, Marios Piperides, Janine Teerling
Majdal Films, Pallas Film, Still Moving, Amp Filmworks
Munder Odeh
Luxbox
46