''Ana Arabia'' ("''I Am Arab''") is a 2013 French-Israeli
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
written and directed by
Amos Gitai
Amos Gitai ( he, עמוס גיתאי; born 11 October 1950) is an Israeli filmmaker, who was trained as an architect.
Gitai's work was presented in several major retrospectives in Pompidou Center in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and L ...
. It was entered into the main competition at the
70th Venice International Film Festival
The 70th annual Venice International Film Festival took place in Venice, Italy from 28 August to 7 September 2013. American film director William Friedkin was presented with a lifetime achievement award. Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucc ...
.
It consists of a single
long take
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.
[E. Nina Rothe. (June 9, 2013)]
Best of Venice: Amos Gitai's Ana Arabia
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Cast
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Yuval Scharf
Yuval Scharf ( he, יובל שרף; born 4 June 1985) is an Israeli film, television and theatre actress, and model.
Early life
Scharf was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish (Polish-Jewish) descent.
Career Television and ...
: Yael
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Yussuf Abu-Warda
Yussuf Abu-Warda ( ar, يوسف أبو وردة, he, יוּסף אבו ורדה; born 19 August 1953 in Jish) is an Arab-Israeli Maronite actor. A leading actor from 1999 he was head of Al-Midan Theater in Haifa.
In October 2018, he received a l ...
: Yussuf
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Sarah Adler
Sarah Adler ( he, שרה אדלר; born 1978) is a French and Israeli actress with dual citizenship.
Career
Adler is now best known for her performances in the 2017 Israeli films ''Foxtrot'' and '' The Cakemaker''; earlier in her career her nota ...
: Miriam
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Asi Levi
Osnat "Asi" Levi ( he, אסי לוי; born September 28, 1969) is an Israeli Film Academy Award winning actress.
Career
Levi attended and graduated the Yoram Levinstein School of Acting in southern Tel Aviv.
Levi's early appearances include f ...
: Sarah
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Uri Gavriel
Uri Gavriel ( he, אורי גבריאל) is an Israeli theater, film and television actor. Winner of the Ophir Award and Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2005 as Best Actor in film '' What a Wonderful Place''. In 2018, he appeared as ...
: Hassan
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Norman Issa
Norman Issa ( ar, نورمان عيسى, he, נורמן עיסא; born 17 June 1967) is an Arab-Israeli actor, director in cinema, theatre and television.
Biography
Norma Issa was born and raised in Haifa, Israel, to a Maronite Christian-Arab ...
: Norman
References
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2013 drama films
2013 films
Films directed by Amos Gitai
French drama films
Israeli drama films
One-shot films
2010s French films
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