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Director Anne Marie Jacir proposes a different approach to the theme, through the vision of a father and a son
Palestinian director AnneMarie Jacir will be presented tomorrow in the local "Invitation to Marriage" ("Wajib"), a feature film that addresses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the eyes of a father and a son "with very different ways of understanding and "
The film tells the story of Shadi, a Palestinian who lives in Italy and returns to Nazareth after a long time to reconnect with his father, Abu Shadi, and embark on a journey through the city to hand over the husband's invitations age of his sister.
I try to show the generational shock and the different points of view of a father and a son on the situation in Palestine, but without giving an answer on who right or what to do, "says Jacir, in an interview with Efe.
"Wajib" – the original title of the film – means social duty and refers to an ancient Palestinian tradition that is still very much present in the Nazareth region and that is to personally deliver the invitations to marriage, "says the director.
Father and son, respectively interpreted by Mohammed Bakri and Saleh Bakri, who have this kinship in reality, share a car to meet all kinds of characters that reflect in one way or another the Palestinians to live in a country occupied by Israelis. "I did not want to show the violence in an obvious way, but rather to capture with the camera the daily situation and the context of humiliation suffered by the Palestinian people in their daily lives," says Jacir, who explains that "in which We call Israel, the Palestinians live a very contradictory life in which they often have to resort to humor to survive. "
After" The salt of this sea ", winner of the Cannes Fipresci prize in 2008 and "Green Al", Jacir presents his third film, which was presented at the Locarno Film Festival with very positive reviews and which was awarded at the Festival de Mar de Plata with the best film and best actor awards.
"When we first introduced the film in Locarno I recorded it as a drama, but they said I'd done a comedy. It's true that it was comic elements but "Wajib" is a drama in which I tried to be as honest as possible with the situation in Palestine, which is generally very bad and does not improve at all " , he says.
the issue of theft, departure and return is very interesting because I think it has a lot to do with Palestinian identity, "because there is still" many Palestinians who live outside and dream of returning home. " they are in prison and want to leave the country. "
Much of the film's work falls on the main actors Saleh Bakri, who has worked with Jacir in all his films and Mohammed Bakri, who is, according to the director," the best-known Palestinian actor aujourd & # 39; hui.
"Their true kinship gives them a particular chemistry, although it is sometimes difficult to act and be willing to open to a person with whom you have a close union "he says. Jacir.
Regarding his role in the film, the director pointed out the added difficulty of working in Palestine because "extra permissions for many things" are needed and "sometimes you have to make difficult decisions" to go from the front. However, she comments that there are many women directors in the country who produce documentaries or experimental films, which she considers "very important" for Palestinians to be able to tell "their own story" .
"I think it's important we can see our own culture and be able to discuss and critique among ourselves the situation we live in," he concludes.
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