The Knife-Khaled Hamadeh-1972

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The Knife

Directed by: Khaled Hamadeh

Script: Khaled Hamadeh(What is left for You), a novel by Ghassan Kanafani

Camera: George Lutfi AL-Khouri

Music: Sulhi Al-Wadi

Duration: 80 min/white and black

Year: 1972

Cast: Suheir Al-Murshidi, Rafiq Sbei’e, Bassam Lutfi, Naji Jaber

Synopsis:

The film deals with one side of the Palestinian people tragedy, reflected through three characters: Hamed, Mariam and Zakariya.
Hamed is the dreamy young man who is shocked by his sister, Mariam, having an affair with Zakariya, the mean man collaborating with the occupying authorities.
Hamed leaves his town, Gaza, to the West Bank across the desert, to join his mother who was living there since 1948 .
On his way to the West Bank , he meets a straying Israeli soldier , and by this meeting his life takes a new turn.
This film mixes the documentary with metaphorical, holding the events of the past as a mirror of the present time, and connecting the small family problems with human and national causes.