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Release Date:
January 2, 1985
Original Title:
معلول تحتفل بدمارها
Alternate Titles:
Ma'loul fête sa destruction
Ma'lul Tahtafil Bi-Damariha
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Marisa Films
Production Countries:
Belgium | Palestinian Territory
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 31
Since the declaration of the state of Israel in 1948, countless Palestinian villages have been erased from the map. This film uses poignant images of bombardments, destroyed buildings, and disfigured people to illustrate this. All that remains are ruins, bearing silent witness in the landscape. Ma'Loul, just west of Nazareth, is one such ruined village. It was inhabited principally by Palestinian Christians, who were forced to leave in 1948 during the Israeli War of Independence. A detailed painting still bears testimony to the existence of the village, which had seen Jewish, Roman, Ottoman, and Palestinian rulers come and go since ancient times. But Ma'Loul also lives on in the memories of its former -- now elderly -- inhabitants, who tell the story of exactly what happened.
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