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Personal Affairs

Omor shakhsiya (AKA Personal Affairs)

2016

Maha Haj

Amer Hlehel, Mahmoud Shawahdeh, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Ziad Bakri ...

5.8

364

Drama In Nazareth, an old couple lives wearily to the rhythm of the daily routine. On the other side of the border, in Ramallah, their son Tarek wishes to remain an eternal bachelor, their daughter is about to give birth while her husband lands a movie role and the grandmother loses her head ... Between check-points and dreams, frivolity and politics, some want to leave, others want to stay but all have personal affairs to resolve.

	Author	Review
United States	Ben Kenigsberg Variety	"Maha Haj, a former set designer, makes a mild, droll debut. (...) slow-burning, deadpan dramedy (...) But the movie has isolated moments that hint at Haj as a director capable of making something less slight."	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Slight but charming (...) Never forcing anything and always demonstrating a relaxed confidence (...) Haj can capably balance between bittersweet and wry."	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"Maintaining a cool, highly composed visual style (...) The characters represent one-dimensional attitudes more than they reflect fleshed-out human beings."	NEU

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