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Palestine 36 (2025)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, France, Denmark, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Sweden, Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
1936. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain’s 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tense, bleak, melancholic, period drama, political drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
colonialism, resistance, british empire, nationalism, political conflict, coming of age, ethnic conflict, family bonds, british colonialism, zionism, prison, horse, train, cave, journalist, murder, priest, fire, theft, singing, boat, photograph, bus, bomb, revolt ...
Time:
1930s, year 1937, year 1936, 20th century
Place:
jerusalem
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Audience:
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Audience:
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