Overview
- Theatrical opening on January 9 follows a 2025 Sundance premiere, with the film selected as Jordan’s entry for Best International Feature.
- The narrative spans roughly 75 years, moving from a 1948 loss of a Jaffa orange grove through late-1970s displacement to an uprising in the 1980s.
- Reviews note intimate, affecting performances, including Saleh Bakri as Salim and writer-director Cherien Dabis as Hanan, with striking cinematography by Christopher Aoun.
- Mohammad Bakri appears as the elder Sharif in a final, widely praised performance noted by reviewers after his death in December 2025.
- Critics describe an emotional arc that grows from anger into a call for reconciliation, stressing the film’s emphasis on holding onto humanity under pressure.