2021 · drama · war · coming-of-age
Farha
Directed by Darin J. Sallam1h 32m2021
Palestine, 1948. After the withdrawal of the British occupiers, tensions rise between Arabs and Jews. Meanwhile, Farha, the smart daughter of the mayor of a small village, unaware of the coming tragedy, dreams of going to study in the big city.
Our read: Farha (2021) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · war · coming-of-age entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / war, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- bleak
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