In Between | |
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Arabic | بَر بَحَر |
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Hebrew | לא פה, לא שם[3] |
Directed by | Maysaloun Hamoud |
Written by | Maysaloun Hamoud |
Produced by | Sandrine Brauer Shlomi Elkabetz[4] |
Cinematography | Itay Gross |
Edited by | Lev Golster Nili Feller |
Music by | MG Saad |
Production companies | En Compagnie des Lamas Deux Beaux Garçons Films (DBG Films) |
Distributed by | Alma Cinema[5] |
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Running time | 96 minutes[6] |
Countries | Palestine Israel France |
Language | Arabic |
Box office | $107.8K (USD) |
In Between (Arabic: بَر بَحَر, romanized: Bar Baḥr, lit. 'Land, Sea'; Hebrew: לא פה, לא שם, lit. 'Not Here, Not There') is a 2016 Palestinian-Israeli-French film directed by Maysaloun Hamoud, about three women of Palestinian heritage sharing a flat in Tel Aviv.[7]
The film depicts three young Israeli-Arab women living in liberal Tel Aviv, their struggles with the rule-bound Arab world and the inequality of Israeli society and their desire to free themselves.[8]
Producer Shlomi Elkabetz and writer-director Maysaloun Hamoud brought the project to Jerusalem's "Pitch Point" in 2015, where it won two prizes: the Turkish YAPIMLAB Award and the IFP Award. The film was funded by Israel Film Fund.[14][15][16]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 98% based on 54 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "In Between takes a light yet nuanced approach to dramatizing complex, timely themes, further enriched by outstanding cinematography and powerful performances."[17] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 79 out of 100 from 17 critics.[18]
The film depicted women drinking, smoking and partying, causing outrage in the Muslim community of Israel.[8] The film was declared haram by the mayor of Umm al-Fahm, the conservative Arab home town of the character Nour.[8] A fatwa was issued against the director, Maysaloun Hamoud, who is a Palestinian born in Hungary but now resident in Jaffa.[19]
The film is rated R16 in New Zealand for violence, sexual violence, drug use and offensive language.[citation needed]
The film had its world premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival[20] where a jury awarded it the NETPAC Award for World or International Asian Film Premiere.[21]
At the 2016 San Sebastian Film Festival, the film won three awards: the Premio EROSKI de la juventud (Eroski Youth Award), the Premio TVE - Otra Mirada (TVE Another Look Award), and the Premio Sebastiane.[22][23]
At the 2016 Haifa International Film Festival, In Between won the Danny Lerner Award for a Debut Feature Film; additionally, its three principal cast members (Hawa, Jammelieh, and Kanboura) won the Fedeora Award for Artistic Achievement in an Israeli Feature Film.[24]
At the 2017 Ophir Awards, the film had 12 nominations[25] and won for both Best Actress (Shaden Kanboura) and Best Supporting Actress (Mouna Hawa).[26]