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The International Film
Festival in Jerusalem closed Saturday night, with the award for best
feature film going to Tawfik Abu Wael's "Atash-Thirst." The film was
previously screened at Cannes, where it received the international
critics award. "Atash-Thirst" is the story of an Arab family ruled
over by a strong-willed father, whose temper affects his children's
lives.
The film focuses on a family cast adrift in a abandoned military
outpost on the outskirts of the town.
The father (Abu Shukri) sells charcoal for a living, his wife their
son and two daughters compelled to endlessly burn stolen wood.
Obsessed with water, he decides to build a pipeline directly to
their house, despite protestations from his family. The spectre of
water looms large in the film.
The film shows the role of the father in the Arab society at the
same time that talks about the political problem. But for the film
is a bout human beings.
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