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Inspired by real events,
documentary filmmaker Saverio
Costanzo's feature debut is a minimalist psychological drama about a
Palestinian family of seven suddenly confronted with a volatile
situation in their home that in many ways reflects the larger
ongoing conflict between Palestine and Israel.
Winner of a Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival, PRIVATE is
convincingly shot in a documentary style with a hand-held camera and
a quick pace. Director Costanzo has created a unique occasion for
both Israeli and Palestinian actors to work together, and being an
outsider himself, he has worked to maintain a neutral standpoint
while dramatizing the conflict.
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