''Junction 48'' is a 2016 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 ...

directed by

Udi Aloni Udi Aloni ( he, אודי אלוני; born December 10, 1959) is an Israeli American filmmaker, writer, visual artist and political activist whose works focus on the interrelationships between art, theory, and action. Biography Udi Aloni is the ...

, co-written by

Oren Moverman Oren Moverman ( he, אורן מוברמן; born July 4, 1966) is an Israeli-American Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, film director, and Emmy Award-winning film producer. He has directed the films ''The Messenger (2009 film), The Messenger ...

and the film's star

Tamer Nafar Tamer Nafar ( ar, تامر النفار, he, תאמר נפאר; born June 6, 1979) is an Israeli rapper, actor, screenwriter and social activist who identifies as Palestinian. He is the leader and a founding member of DAM, the first Palestini ...

. It was shown in the Panorama section at the

66th Berlin International Film Festival The 66th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 21 February 2016, with American actress Meryl Streep as the President of the Jury. The Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement was presented to German cinematographer Michael ...

where it won the Audience Award.

Plot

Karim, a young Arab from Lod, works for the Execution Office's Customer Service, and lives among drug dealers in the Middle East drug capital, but dreams of being a musician. The plot takes place in Lod and the character of Karim is based on the Palestinian rapper

(who also plays his role), and who wrote the screenplay with

, as well as composed the music for the film (along with Itamar Ziegler of the ''Balkan Beat Box'').

Cast

as Kareem * Samar Qupty as Manar * Salwa Nakkara as Kareem's mother * Saeed Dassuki as Talal * Adeeb Safadi as Yousef *

Tarik Kopty Tarik Kopty ( ar, طارق قبطي, he, טארק קובטי; 20 August 1944 – 24 February 2022) was an Arab-Israeli actor. He acted in multiple films which appeared at the Cannes Film Festival. Kopty died in Nazareth on 24 February 2022, at ...

as Abu Abdallah, Talal's father *

Sameh Zakout Sameh Zakout ( ar, سامح زقوت), ("Saz") is a Palestinian rapper from Ramla. His music features themes of Palestinian and Arab identity and calls for peaceful resolution of Arab–Israeli conflict The Arab–Israeli conflict is an on ...

as Amir *

Ayed Fadel Ayed ( ar, عايد or عايض) is an Arabic surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Anouar Ayed (born 1978), Tunisian handball player * Hamdi Ayed (born 1993), Qatari handball player * Lotfi Ayed (born 1959), Swedish boxer * Makrem ...

as Hussam *

Hisham Suliman Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ( ar, هشام بن عبد الملك, Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik; 691 – 6 February 743) was the tenth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 724 until his death in 743. Early life Hisham was born in Damascus, the administrat ...

as Shaikh * Mariam Abu Khaled as Mariam

References

External links

* 2016 films 2016 drama films Israeli drama films 2010s Arabic-language films 2010s Hebrew-language films 2016 multilingual films Israeli multilingual films {{2010s-drama-film-stub