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A borrowed identity /

Gifted Eyad, a Palestinian Israeli boy, is given the chance to go to a prestigious Jewish boarding school in Jerusalem. As he desperately tries to fit in with his Jewish schoolmates and within Israeli society, Eyad develops a friendship with another outsider, Jonathan a boy suffering from muscular d...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Qashu, Sayed, 1975- (Screenwriter), Barhom, Tawfeek (Actor), Moshonov, Michael (Actor), Kitsis, Daniel (Actor), Abecassis, Yael (Actor)
Format: Video DVD
Language:Hebrew
Arabic
Language Notes:In Hebrew and Arabic, with optional subtitles in English.
Published: Culver City, CA : Strand Releasing, [2015]
Subjects:
Palestinian Arabs > Israel > Drama.
Boarding school students > Drama.
Friendship > Drama.
Jewish-Arab relations > Drama.
Jerusalem > Drama.
Foreign films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
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Summary:Gifted Eyad, a Palestinian Israeli boy, is given the chance to go to a prestigious Jewish boarding school in Jerusalem. As he desperately tries to fit in with his Jewish schoolmates and within Israeli society, Eyad develops a friendship with another outsider, Jonathan a boy suffering from muscular dystrophy, and gradually becomes part of the home Jonathan shares with his mother, Edna.
Item Description:Title from container.
Based on the international bestseller "Dancing Arabs" by Sayed Kashua.
DVD release of the 2014 motion picture.
Bonus features: Original theatrical trailer ; other Strand trailers.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD video ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Music, Yonatan Riklis ; editor, Richard Marzy ; director of photography, Michael Wiesweg.