From the preeminent female filmmaker in the Arab world comes the extremely likable and totally engaging Wajib. This wry dramedy follows a divorced father, a respected teacher, and his visiting architect son as they hand deliver wedding invitations in Nazareth in the lead up to Christmas. The film is replete with lively, believable dialogue and relationships.
With the charismatic, richly nuanced renditions of real life father and son Mohammed and Saleh Bakri, Jacir’s wise screenplay subtly brings out differences in generational attitudes and contradictions in outlook, between those who leave the Territory and those who remain, and Variety’s Jay Wessberg calls it “An intimate, well-played disquisition on what it means to be a Palestinian.”
Director Biography
Poet, curator and filmmaker Annemarie Jacir is known for a diverse range of work, including her films When I Saw You (’12) and Salt of the Sea (’08) as well as her numerous publications for poetry, such as in the Crab Orchard Review and Mizna. She founded the Dream of a Nation Palestinian Cinema Project and is part of the Palestinian Filmmakers’ Collective, an organization she helped build as well.
Press
"Wajib gives an unfussily illuminating snapshot of modern-day Nazareth, where a majority Arab population - has found ways to get along under the fiddly, capricious restrictions of the Israeli state." - Hollywood Reporter
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