Wajib

After years of living abroad in Italy, Shadi returns to Nazareth rather reluctantly to fulfill his "wajib" (or duty) and distribute wedding invitations. As is the custom in his homeland, Shadi and his father are to personally deliver invitations to his sister's wedding. But the simmering tension between the two - who are stuck in a car, mostly in a traffic jam, because of the wajib - builds and exposes the comic chasms that exist between men who live in different worlds but share an unshakable bond. "This subtle road movie, buoyed by brilliant performances, revolves around a broken family. It expertly balances loneliness, politics, ethnographic study and subtle situational comedy." (filmdienst.de)

Keywords

  • Arthouse
  • Award Winning
  • Storyline: Sons
  • civil society
  • family
  • mec film
  • middle east

Actors

  • Rana Alamuddin
  • Maria Zreik
  • Henry Andrawes
  • Lama Tatour
  • Saleh Bakri
  • Mohammad Bakri

Director

  • Annemarie Jacir

Drama


1h 36min


16+

AR


DE

Colombia
France
Germany
Norway
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Palestinian Territory
2017
Shadi returns to Nazareth to fulfill his duty (WAJIB) as a big brother, where simmering conflicts await.

Shadi returns to Nazareth to fulfill his duty (WAJIB) as a big brother, where simmering conflicts await.


After years of living abroad in Italy, Shadi returns to Nazareth rather reluctantly to fulfill his "wajib" (or duty) and distribute wedding invitations.


As is the custom in his homeland, Shadi and his father are to personally deliver invitations to his sister's wedding. But the simmering tension between the two - who are stuck in a car, mostly in a traffic jam, because of the wajib - builds and exposes the comic chasms that exist between men who live in different worlds but share an unshakable bond.


"This subtle road movie, buoyed by brilliant performances, revolves around a broken family. It expertly balances loneliness, politics, ethnographic study and subtle situational comedy." (filmdienst.de)

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