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LET IT BE MORNING

  • 2023
  • 1 HR, 41 min
  • APR 14 → APR 27
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Released February 3, 2023
Israel
1 hour, 41 minutes
Cohen Media Group
Starring
  • Alex Bakri
  • Juna Suleiman
  • Salim Daw
  • Ehab Salami
  • Khalifa Natour
  • Izabel Ramadan
Director

Eran Kolirin

Film Information

LET IT BE MORNING is the story of Sami (Alex Bakri) a Palestinian-born Israeli citizen living in Jerusalem who receives an invitation to his brother’s wedding forcing him to return to the Arab village where he grew up. After the wedding finishes, with no explanation, Sami’s hometown is put under a military blockade lockdown by Israeli soldiers. When chaos erupts overnight amongst the villagers stuck behind the wall due to the blockade, Sami is cut off from the outside world and trapped in an unexpected situation. As he deals with questions about his own identity and hidden secrets are revealed, Sami watches everything he holds dear begin to fall apart. Written and directed by award-winning Israeli filmmaker Eran Kolirin (The Band’s Visit), and adapted from the international best-selling novel by Palestinian author Sayed Kashua, LET IT BE MORNING is a film about a state of siege, both internal and external — centered around a man who has built a wall around his heart, and how that inner wall starts coming apart when an actual, real wall goes up around his hometown.

Film Stills

Full Cast
Alex Bakri
Juna Suleiman
Salim Daw
Ehab Salami
Khalifa Natour
Izabel Ramadan
Additional Credits
Eran Kolirin Director

Reviews

“Let It Be Morning may not have the broad appeal of Kolirin’s The Band’s Visit, but it’s a quietly atmospheric piece of work with moments of comedy and pathos.”

Anna Smith
Deadline Hollywood Daily

“It presents a timely, pointed, at times cleverly satirical snapshot of Israeli-Palestinian relations. It also offers an often poignant look at a dysfunctional family at the center of it all.”

Gary Goldstein
Los Angeles Times

“A humanistic work that’s warmer and more mature in its approach than many more direct “statement” movies in this mode.”

Matt Zoller Seitz
RogerEbert.com

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