Elia Suleiman's amusingly observatory gaze in a silent journey rich with reflective surrealism and parallel absurdities while exploring senses of identity and belonging as a Palestinian.
The movie moves in a flow where it allows you to fully observe, pay attention and analyze the smallest details, and explore through Suleiman's eyes and thoughts which activates every bit of curiosity in you. It's fascinating how the scenes are full of imaginative pauses, takings a moment to look at mundane acts in life from a different and more profound perspective.
It's striking how the movie portrays relatability in completely unrelated and structureless scenes but builds a narrative flow to connect between the journey stops in his search for the ordinary. And the way Palestine follows Elia everywhere he goes paints a bigger picture of his identity and level of nationalism, and despite the distance the various chasing hidden authoritative threats remain visible in his sight connecting him back to his homeland.
Every scene carries its load of symbolism spoken through minimal and sarcastic dialogue, with a strong emphasis on repeating common visual, sound, and thematic elements painting breathtaking imagery in powerful frames.
The movie moves in a flow where it allows you to fully observe, pay attention and analyze the smallest details, and explore through Suleiman's eyes and thoughts which activates every bit of curiosity in you. It's fascinating how the scenes are full of imaginative pauses, takings a moment to look at mundane acts in life from a different and more profound perspective.
It's striking how the movie portrays relatability in completely unrelated and structureless scenes but builds a narrative flow to connect between the journey stops in his search for the ordinary. And the way Palestine follows Elia everywhere he goes paints a bigger picture of his identity and level of nationalism, and despite the distance the various chasing hidden authoritative threats remain visible in his sight connecting him back to his homeland.
Every scene carries its load of symbolism spoken through minimal and sarcastic dialogue, with a strong emphasis on repeating common visual, sound, and thematic elements painting breathtaking imagery in powerful frames.