The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Chronicle of a Disappearance unfolds in a series of seemingly unconnected cinematic tableaux, each of them focused on incidents or characters which seldom reappear later in the film. Among the many unrelated scenes, there is a Palestinian actress struggling to find an apartment in West Jerusalem, the owner of the Holy Land souvenir shop preparing merchandise for incoming Japanese tourists, a group of old women gossiping about their relatives, and an Israeli police van which screeches to a halt so several heavily armed soldiers can get off the car and urinate.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
26 audience votes
Key crew
- Elia SuleimanDirector
- Elia SuleimanWriter
- Abed AzrieOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Elia SuleimanE.S.
- Nazira SuleimanMother
- Fuad SuleimanFather
- Ali SulimanThe Man
- Juliet MazzawiThe aunt
- Fawaz EilemiAbu Adnan
- Leonid AlexeenkoPriest
- Ula TabariAdan
- Taha Mouhamad AliThe writer
- Samer AzarTurban man
- Imile QamouCafe owner
- Irena MistrakovRussian waitress
Stills
Themes
disappearancechronicle