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FILM: SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS WAJIB

16 Jun 2018 | 7.30pm - 9.05pm

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Writer-director Annemarie Jacir’s multi-award winning comic drama about the lives of Palestinians living in Israel. Real-life father and son Mohammad and Saleh Bakri star.

Writer-director Annemarie Jacir’s multi-award winning comic drama explores the lives of Palestinians living in Israel, and stars real-life father and son Mohammad and Saleh Bakri. The title of Wajib translates as ‘duty’, and it’s duty that brings architect Shadi (Saleh Bakri) from Rome back to Nazareth, where his sister Amal (Maria Zriek) is to be married. Local tradition dictates that Shadi and his divorced dad, Abu Shadi (Mohammad Bakri), must drive around town delivering wedding invitations. Friction is in the air even before the duo clamber into Abu Shadi’s beloved and beaten-up old Volvo. Shadi thinks the exercise is outdated and meaningless. For his father, it’s about maintaining important community rituals. Bakri and son Saleh are terrific and earthily funny as the bickering duo who meet colourful characters on their cross-city travels. A Palestinian born in Bethlehem, raised in Saudi Arabia and educated in New York, Annemarie Jacir (Salt of this Sea, 2008; When I Saw You, 2012) brings a worldly, wise and witty eye to this hugely entertaining and illuminating slice of Palestinian life.


Enjoy a delicious, bespoke pre-film dinner in our in-house restaurant, Bellbird Dining & Bar. Click here for dinner reservations


Director: Annemarie Jacir
Screenwriter: Annemarie Jacir
Producer: Ossama Bawardi
Cast: Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Bakri, Lama Tatour
Distributor: Potential Films
Country: Palestine, France, Germany, Colombia, Norway, Qatar, United Arab Emirates
Language: Arabic with English subtitles

Event Information

LocationCasula Powerhouse
Arts Centre
Theatre

Duration96 mins

Ages15+

CostAdult: $17.50
Concession: $15


Phone02 8711 7123

Emailreception@casulapowerhouse.com

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