70多岁的哈里·布朗（迈克尔·凯恩 Michael Caine 饰）是一名退役的皇家海军军官，妻子去世后，靠退休金生活的哈里独自住在贫民窟附近的小公寓。附近的人行隧道是小混混们街头斗殴、毒品交易和肉体买卖的场所，跟布朗下象棋的好朋友，老头子莱昂纳德（大卫·布莱德利 David Bradley 饰）就常被这帮混混骚扰，甚至终被残忍杀害。女警官弗兰普顿（艾米莉·莫迪默 Emily Mortimer 饰）与下属负责调查案件，却因证据不足而不得不释放杀害莱昂纳德的凶手。一把年纪的布朗忍无可忍，决定亲自上阵，铲除混混，为莱昂纳德报仇。
本片获2010年英国《帝国》电影杂志评选的最佳英国影片、最佳惊悚片及最佳男主角（迈克尔·凯恩）提名，并获伦敦影评人协会最具突破性的英国影人（丹尼尔·巴伯 Daniel Barber）提名。
Fourteen-year-old Farha dreams of attending school in the city with her best friend Farida, but she knows that, as the daughter of the mukhtar (the head of the village, played by Ashraf Barhom), she is in for an uphill battle against tradition. Girls Farha’s age are expected to marry.
It’s 1948, and British control over Palestine is coming to an end. What Farha and her father do not yet know is that forced displacements are already happening across the region. When Israeli bombs reach their village, Farha’s father locks her in the cellar of their home, promising to return as soon as he can. While Farha waits and watches through the cracks, the village she was so excited to leave is transformed to ruin, threatening an end to the future she had planned and leaving only trace memories in its wake.
A dauntless and compelling feature debut by Jordanian filmmaker Darin J. Sallam, Farha captures both the isolating terrors of war and the lingering beauty that can colour recollections of dispossession — a mental record of the last laugh shared, the faint smell of freedom before the void of exile. An impressive lead performance from newcomer Karam Taher punctuates catastrophic loss with uncompromising determination.
In this remarkable and devastating story, Sallam’s resonant directorial voice presents a penetrating perspective on the Nakba and returns the gaze to a cultural legacy in the midst of a global resurgence.
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