Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Age rating
- 12A
- Language
- English
- Country
- Palestinian Territories, United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Qatar
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
Year 1936. As villages across Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe and some arriving with nefarious Zionist-colonial ambitions, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain’s 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.
- zionism
- period drama
- colonialism
- british colonialism
- historical drama
- 1930s
- anti-colonialism
- palestine history
- palestinian resistance
- empathetic
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Billy Howle — Thomas Hopkins
- Dhafer L'Abidine — Amir
- Ward Helou — Kareem
- Yafa Bakri — Rabab
- Wardi Eilabouni — Afra
- Saleh Bakri — Khalid
- Jalal Altawil — Father Boulos
- Jeremy Irons — High Commissioner Wauchope
- Kamel El Basha — Abu Rabab
- Joanna Arida — Dyala's Cousin
- Sofia Asir — Dyala
- Directed
- Annemarie Jacir
- Written
- Annemarie Jacir
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 70 ratings
- Studio
- Philistine Films, Autonomous, Corniche Media, Snowglobe, MK Productions, BFI
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
