This story is about a 9 year old American Jewish boy, David, and Kamal, also a 9 year old and a poor street urchin of Arab descent selling postcards to tourist in the stone enclosed Old City of Jerusalem. At a first glance, Kamal seems bright and energetic but in reality, he's suffering under the tyrannical presence of his grandfather who oversees the living of his family, his mother and two sisters.
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Abdallah El Akal
Kamal
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Zaytoun
Yoni Rosenzweig
David
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Zach Cohen
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Nathan Ravitz
Etan
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Kikuo Kawasaki Director
United States release March 13, 2011 · Produced in Israel, United States · Languages Arabic, English, Hebrew
Production
Israel · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · Hebrew
Release dates
Israel · January 1, 2011
United States · March 13, 2011
Theatrical
Bangladesh
January 18, 2012 · Dhaka International Film Festival
Estonia
November 19, 2011 · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
India
November 17, 2011 · Mumbai International Children's Film Festival
Italy
July 19, 2011 · Giffoni Film Festival
Japan
July 6, 2012 · Fukuoka Asian Film Festival
Romania
July 22, 2012 · Brasov International Film Festival
Switzerland
November 14, 2011 · Castellinaria International Film Festival
United Kingdom
February 24, 2012 · Keswick Film Festival
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