The Forgotten Ones
Synopsis
Israeli society is marked by a taboo. That of the systematic discrimination against Jews from Arab countries on arriving in the Promised Land, a wound that has not healed to this day.
In the 1970’s, a movement inspired by the American Black Panthers emerged in the poor Musrara neighbourhood of Jerusalem, demanding basic rights for the so-called Mizrahim, Jews from North Africa and the Middle East.
As she mourns her father, a member of this movement, Michale Boganim, a French-Israeli filmmaker, confronts her personal questions with History, setting off with her daughter to explore the past and meet several generations of Mizrahim.
The film is a road movie in the forgotten lands of Israel’s periphery and questions the notions of exile and inheritance.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Agat Films - Ex nihilo
- Co-productions : Bonne Nouvelle Productions, Le Studio Orlando
- Foreign production company : Lama Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Reservoir Docs
- French distribution : Dulac Distribution
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Marie Balducchi
- Director of photography : Nathalie Durand
- Music Composer : Joachim Mimouni
- Editor : Pierre Deschamps
- Sound recordists : Amos Greisalmmer, Graciela Barrault
- Foreign Producer : Amir Harel
- Sound Editor : Alexandre Hecker
- Sound mixer : Mélissa Petitjean
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Coproducer countries : France, Israel
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : 100% French (France, Israel)
- Production year : 2021
- French release : 08/06/2022
- Runtime : 1 h 37 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 152.170
- Approval : Yes
- Color type : Color
