Inheritance

  • Héritage [real: Hiam Abbass]
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2012
Format : Feature
Running time : 88 (in minutes)
http://www.diaphana.fr

A Palestinian family living in the north of Galilee gathers to celebrate the wedding of one of their daughters, in a climate of war. Internal conflicts explode between the different members of the family. The tension grows bigger once their father falls into a coma and inches toward death.

A film by Hiam ABBASS

starring Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass, Yussef Abu Warda, Ashraf Barhoum, Clara Khoury, Makram Khoury

France/Israel/Turkey/Palestine, 2012) - 1h 28 mn, Feature drama, Color - Scope 2:35 - Dolby SRD

Executive Producer: Nicolas Blanc

Producers:
- Nicolas Blanc (AGAT Films & cie)
- Arik Bernstein, David Silver (Alma Films)
- Ender Sevim, Faruk Özerten (Depo Film)
- Ina Fichman, Yariv Mozer (Mozer Films)

Line Producer: Baher Agbariya

- Director: Hiam Abbass
- Original idea: Ala Hlehel
- Screenplay: Ala Hlehel, Hiam Abbass
- Adaptation: Hiam Abbass, Nadine Naous and Ghazi Albuliwi (as G. A. Wasi)
- Sound: Asher Milo (Ashi Milo), Ulaş Ağce (Ulas Agce), Yaşar Özdemir
- Music: Loïk Dury
- Director of Photography: Antoine Héberlé
- Editing: Guy Lecorne
- 1st Assistant Director: Antoine Chevrollier
- Assistant editor: Michaël Phelippeau
- Production Design: Nael Kanj
- Press officer: Viviana Andriani

CAST
Makram Khoury : Abu Majd
Hafsia Herzi : Hajar, la plus jeune fille, artiste et rebelle
Ula Tabari : Zeinab, la fille aînée
Yussuf Abu-Warda : Khalil, le mari de Zeinab
Khalifa Natour : Majd, le fils aîné
Hiam Abbass : Samira, la femme de Majd
Lina Soualem : Alya, la fille aînée de Majd et Samira
Mouna Soualem : Lana, la fille cadette de Majd et Samira
Ali Suliman : Marwan, le fils médecin
Clara Khoury : Salma, la femme de Marwan
Ashraf Barhom : Ahmad, le fils avocat et politicien
Ruba Blal : Saada, la femme d'Ahmad
Tom Payne : Matthew, l'ami anglais de Hajar
Ghazi Albuliwi : cousin Ali (crédité sous le nom de G. A. Wasi)
Bandar Albuliwi : le photographe du mariage
Jamil Khoury : un avocat
Tarik Kopty : un passant (incendie du centre commercial)

Production companies:
Agat Films & Cie (France)
Alma Films (Israel),
DEPOFilm (Turkey),
Mozer Films (Israel)

Coproduction:
Arte France Cinéma (France)
Appaloosa Films (UK)

In association with
Fonds sud and Israël Film Fund

Ventes Internationales / Sales Agent : Films Distribution

Distribution (France) : Diaphana Distribution

Release (France) : 12 Dec 2012

Broadcast:
- ARTE
- Canal +

CONTACT:
Diaphana Distribution
- 155, rue du Fbg St-Antoine - 75011 Paris - Tél : 01 53 46 66 66 - Fax : 01 53 46 62 29 - e-mail : diaphana@diaphana.fr - web : www.diaphana.fr

FESTIVALS

2013 | Les Lumières (France)
* CST Special Prize (Higher Technical Commission for Image and Sound), to Antoine Héberlé, Best Director of photography

2013 | Melbourne International Film Festival (Australia)
* Selection

2013 | Festival international du film de Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic)
* Selection

2012 | 34ème Cinémed (Montpellier, France)
* Screening: Friday 2 November 2012, 18 h 00, Diagonal
www.cinemed.tm.fr/cgi-bin/film/film.cgi?cine=1&id=14421&festi=64&lemenu=2&uk=oui&mod=proguk

2012 | Venice Film Festival 2012 (Italy)
- Venice Days

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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