Against the backdrop of a land dispute between Jews and Arabs in the Galilee, an unusual and hopeless romance develops between Chava, the urban sister of Gedaliah who owns the land, and Khaled, his Arab laborer.
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Cast
19 people
Shlomo Tarshish
Gedaliah
Also in
I Don't Give a Damn
The Kastner Trial
Ruth Geller
Chava
Known for
The Farewell Party
Daniel Wachsmann
Also in
Acre Dreams
Ya'ackov Lifshin
Yasein Shawaf
Khaled
Also in
The Little Drummer Girl
Dan Verete
Chemda Levy
Salim Daw
Known for
The Crown
Oslo
Hemda Levi
Hava
Samih Batchish
Oren Ben-Asher
Moshe Buk
Daniel Wachsmann Director · David Gurfinkel Cinematographer
Budget $350K · United States release January 24, 1987 · Produced in Israel
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Budget
$350,000
Production
Israel
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Languages
Original title
חמסין
Original language
Hebrew
Spoken on screen
Arabic · Hebrew
Release dates
Israel · January 2, 1982
Theatrical
United States · January 24, 1987
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival
Denmark
February 11, 1986 · Israeli Film Week
France
May 10, 1983 · Cannes Film Market
Russia
March 24, 1990 · Limited theatrical · The Jewish Film Festival, Moscow
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