International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

Nazareth 2000

Hany Abu-Assad, The Netherlands, 2000

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Synopsis

How does somebody from Nazareth commit suicide? Trying to find the answer to this and other questions, director Hany Abu-Assad follows two pump attendants in his native town Nazareth on the eve of the new millennium. The result is a portrait of a town divided by dissension's, were the Christian Era began and were even Arafat and the Pope have become extra's.

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Credits

Director
Hany Abu-Assad
Cinematography
Mies Rogmans
Screenplay
Hany Abu-Assad
Editing
Sander Vos
Sound
Simone Galavazi
Production
Alex Klippel for VPRO
Margriet Kreulen

Selected for

IDFA 2000
Docs for Sale 2000
IDFA 2005

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