Chronicle of a Disappearance

Released: 1996




Drama
Chronicle of a Disappearance unfolds in a series of seemingly unconnected cinematic tableaux, each of them focused on incidents or characters which seldom reappear later in the film. Among the many unrelated scenes, there is a Palestinian actress struggling to find an apartment in West Jerusalem, the owner of the Holy Land souvenir shop preparing merchandise for incoming Japanese tourists, a group of old women gossiping about their relatives, and an Israeli police van which screeches to a halt so several heavily armed soldiers can get off the car and urinate.
Starring: Elia Suleiman, Nazira Suleiman, Fuad Suleiman, Ali Suliman, Juliet Mazzawi, Fawaz Eilemi, Leonid Alexeenko, Ula Tabari
Directed by: Elia Suleiman
Written by: Elia Suleiman
Language: English, Arabic, French, Hebrew
Scenes
A police van stops to let seven Israeli policemen pee on a wall. The stains on the wall are shown after they leave.
Alternate Titles
Segell ikhtifa (Arabic in Latin letters)
Chronique d'une disparition
Crônica de um Desaparecimento
Chronicle of a Disappearance