NEIGHBOURS (NACHBARN)  

dir. Mano Khalil, Switzerland / France , 2021, 124 min

In its uplifting humanism and funny moments, Mano Khalil’s film elicits superb performances from its cast, with some drawn from refugee camps in Iraqi Kurdistan. The quiet dignity of the villagers in the face of oppressive tyranny and corrupt Syrian government officials and Turkish border guards is especially wonderfully portrayed.

Growing up in a Kurdish village in north-eastern Syria in the 1980s, Sero is about to enter the first grade. The teacher is determined to instil Ba’ath Arab nationalism and suppress any feelings of Kurdish cultural identity in his students. Sero and his uncle act as the “sabbath goy’im” for their Jewish next-door neighbours: an old couple and their spinster daughter, Hannah, who has feelings for Sero’s uncle. Growing state-sponsored antisemitism makes the Jewish family’s situation increasingly precarious; they have been stripped of their Syrian citizenship and are unable to leave the country. Years later, Sero is languishing with his family in an Iraqi refugee camp when somebody comes looking for him...

PARTNERS of the Opening Film: Embassy of Switzerland in Poland, The French Institute in Warsaw



San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 2021, Bern Film Award 2021 - The Best Movie 2021


15-11-2021 19:30, Muzeum POLIN


Language: Arabic, Kurdish, Hebrew, Turkish    Subtitles: Polish, English


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