Michel Khleifi’s first feature, often described as the first feature-length film shot inside historic Palestine by a Palestinian. It follows two Palestinian women: Farah Hatoum, a widow in the Galilee who refuses to give up her claim to the family land that was taken from her, and Sahar Khalifeh, a novelist in Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Blending documentary with staged scenes, the film portrays the double struggle of Palestinian women against occupation and against the constraints of their own society.
