Closing Your Eyes
Synopsis
September 2005. The Israelis leave the Gaza Strip. But what is happening in the West Bank? Three Palestinian cities are slowly dying due to confinement and suffocation: Nablus, rebellious, vibrant, and noisy; Hebron, resigned, empty, and quiet; Qalqilya, which is dying. And a giraffe, with wide staring eyes and an infinitely sad gaze. Based on the accounts of inhabitants of these three cities, the film shows us the population's distress and isolation. How to live and survive in the West Bank.
Credits
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Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Real Productions
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Bruno Florentin
- Screenwriter : Robin Hunzinger
- Director of Photography : Robin Hunzinger
- Music Composer : Jean-Philippe Chalte
- Editor : Robin Hunzinger
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Philippe Chalte
- Sound editor : Léonore Desuzinges
- Sound Mixer : Frédéric Duhamel
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary
- Themes : Conflict, War
- Production language : French, Arabic, English, Hebrew
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2006
- Runtime : 52 min
- Production formats : DV-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 4/3
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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