Miral
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Directed by | Julian Schnabel |
Written by | Rula Jebreal |
Produced by | Jon Kilik François-Xavier Decraene Sonia Raule Jérôme Seydoux |
Starring | Hiam Abbass Freida Pinto |
Cinematography | Éric Gautier |
Edited by | Juliette Welfling |
Music by | Olivier Daviaud |
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Distributed by | The Weinstein Company |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Countries | Template:Film France Template:Film Israel Template:Film US Template:Film UK Template:Film Italy Template:Film India |
Language | English |
Box office | $377,714 (worldwide) |
Miral is a 2010 film directed by Julian Schnabel. The screenplay was written by Rula Jebreal, based on her novel. The film was released on 3 September at the 2010 Venice Film Festival[1] and in France on 15 September 2010. The film is set for release on 3 December 2010 in the United Kingdom,[2] and on 25 March 2011 in the United States.[3]
Plot
A chronicle of Hind Husseini's effort to establish an orphanage in Jerusalem after the 1948 partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel.
Jerusalem, [[1948].] On her way to work, Hind Husseini (Hiam Abbass) comes across 55 orphaned children in the street. She takes them home to give them food and shelter. Within six months, 55 had grown to almost 2,000, and the Dar Al-Tifel Institute was born.
In 1978, at the age of 7, Miral (Freida Pinto) was sent to the Institute by her father following her mother's death. Brought up safely inside the Institute's walls, she is naïve to the troubles that surround her. Then, in 1988, at the age of 17, she is assigned to teach at a refugee camp where she is awakened to the reality of her people’s struggle. When she falls for Hani, a political activist, she finds herself torn between the fight for the future of her people and Mama Hind's belief that education is the road to peace.
Cast
- Hiam Abbass as Hind al-Husseini
- Freida Pinto as Miral
- Yasmine Al Massri as Nadia
- Ruba Blal as Fatima
- Alexander Siddig as Jamal
- Omar Metwally as Hani
- Willem Dafoe as Eddie
- Vanessa Redgrave as Bertha Spafford
- Stella Schnabel as Lisa
- Makram Khoury as Khatib
- Doraid Liddawi as Sameer
- Shredi Jabarin as Ali
Production
Schnabel revealed that the project had relevance for his own family history; "Coming from my background, as an American Jewish person whose mother was president of Hadassah [the Women's Zionist Organisation of America] in 1948, I figured I was a pretty good person to try to tell the story of the other side."[4]
References
- ^ "Venezia 67". labiennale.org. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ^ "Miral | UK Cinema Release Date". Filmdates.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ "Miral (2011)". RopeOfSilicon.com. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ Jewish director Julian Schnabel brings Palestine to Venice The Guardian. 2 September 2010
External links
- 2010 films
- Use dmy dates from November 2010
- American films
- British films
- English-language films
- Films about orphans
- Films directed by Julian Schnabel
- Films set in the 1940s
- Films set in the 1970s
- Films set in the 1980s
- Films shot in Israel
- Films about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- French films
- Indian films
- Israeli films
- Italian films
- The Weinstein Company films