#09. Miral
Director: Julian Schnabel
Writer(s): Rula Jebreal
Producers: Jon Kilik (Babel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Distributor: Rights Available.
The Gist: This is based on Rula Jebreal’s book about the real-life Palestinian woman Hind Husseini, who started the Dar Al-Tifl orphanage in Jerusalem in the wake of the 1948 partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel.
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Freida Pinto, Alexander Siddig, Hiam Abbass.
Why is it on the list?: I’m very curious in seeing how poeticized and politicized this picture will turn out to be. I think the filmmaker really found his grove with Diving Bell, and he certainly has a knack for capturing real people with a void for sentimentality. Expectations are also high on the visual treatment of this biography.
Release Date/Status?: Pathe holds the rights and should find a winning bid before the end of Cannes, where Schnabel enjoyed critical acclaim for Diving Bell.
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