少女法哈

Fourteen-year-oldFarhadreamsofattendingschoolinthecitywithherbestfriendFarida,butsheknowsthat,asthedaughterofthemukhtar(theheadofthevillage,playedbyAshrafBarhom),sheisinforanuphillbattleagainsttradition.GirlsFarha’sageareexpectedtomarry.<br/>　　It’s1948,andBritishcontroloverPalestineiscomingtoanend.WhatFarhaandherfatherdonotyetknowisthatforceddisplacementsarealreadyhappeningacrosstheregion.WhenIsraelibombsreachtheirvillage,Farha’sfatherlocksherinthecellaroftheirhome,promisingtoreturnassoonashecan.WhileFarhawaitsandwatchesthroughthecracks,thevillageshewassoexcitedtoleaveistransformedtoruin,threateninganendtothefutureshehadplannedandleavingonlytracememoriesinitswake.<br/>　　AdauntlessandcompellingfeaturedebutbyJordanianfilmmakerDarinJ.Sallam,Farhacapturesboththeisolatingterrorsofwarandthelingeringbeautythatcancolourrecollectionsofdispossession—amentalrecordofthelastlaughshared,thefaintsmelloffreedombeforethevoidofexile.AnimpressiveleadperformancefromnewcomerKaramTaherpunctuatescatastrophiclosswithuncompromisingdetermination.<br/>　　Inthisremarkableanddevastatingstory,Sallam’sresonantdirectorialvoicepresentsapenetratingperspectiveontheNakbaandreturnsthegazetoaculturallegacyinthemidstofaglobalresurgence.