THE ATTACK ZIAD DOUEIRI

THE ATTACK ZIAD DOUEIRI

Synopsis:

 

Amin Jaafari is an Israeli Palestinian surgeon, fully assimilated into Tel Aviv society. He has a loving wife, a glittering career, and numerous Jewish friends. Then a suicide bombing in a restaurant leaves nineteen dead, and the Israeli police inform him that his wife Sihem – who also died in the explosion - was responsible. Amin rejects their accusation absolutely, but his conviction is shaken when he receives a posthumous letter from Sihem confirming her role in the carnage.

Shattered by the revelation, desperate to understand how he missed any signs of her murderous intentions, Amin abandons the relative security of his adopted homeland and enters the Palestinian territories in pursuit of the zealots he believes recruited her.
Once there, he plunges into ever-more dangerous places where he is unwelcome, mindless of his safety as he seeks answers.

But by the end of his journey, Amin is forced to confront a deeper, more appalling truth than heexpected – his inability to see his wife as she truly was and his failure to understand the reality that made her.

"The Attack" is adapted from Yasmina Khadra's international bestseller of the same name. Originally published in France in 2006, the novel has been translated into more than 40 languages and won numerous awards worldwide.

Titre original : L’Attentat

Direction : Ziad Doueiri

Producer :Jean Bréhat & Rachid Bouchareb – 3B Producers

Screenwriting : Ziad Doueiri & Joëlle Touma, based on the novel by Yasmina Khadra

Lebanon, France, Qatar, Egypt & Belgium

2012 I 102 minutes

Format : DCP. In color

In Hebrew & Arabic with Arabic, English & French subtitles

TECHNICAL TEAM

Cinematography

Tommaso Fiorilli

Editing

Dominique Marcombe & Ziad Doueiri

Music

Éric Neveux

CAST

Ali Suliman (Amin Jaafari), Reymonde Amsellem (Sihem), Evgenia Dodina (Kim), Uri Gavriel (le capitaine Moshe/Captain Moshe) Karim Saleh (Adel), Dvir Benedek (Raveed), Ruba Salameh (Faten), Ramzi Maqdidi (le prêtre/the priest)

ZIAD DOUEIRI

Born in Beirut (Lebanon), he grew up during the country’s Civil War. He left Lebanon at 20 and studied in the United States, graduating in 1986 with a degree in Film from San Diego State University. He made then several short films

and worked as an assistant camera on numerous films including Quentin Tarantino’s fi rst three feature films. His directorial debut, West Beirut (1998), won the Fipresci International Critics Prize at the Toronto Film Festival.

1998 | WEST BEIRUT (West Beyrouth)

2004 | LILA SAYS (Lila dit ça)

2012 | THE ATTACK (L’Attentat)

Original title: L’ATTENTAT © EDITIONS JULLIARD – Paris, France

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