2014 · comedy · drama · absurdist
Self Made
Directed by Shira Geffen1h 29m2014
Self Made tells the story of two women - one Israeli, the other Palestinian- who are trapped within their respective worlds. After a mix-up at a checkpoint, they find themselves living the life of the other on the opposite side of the border.
Our read: Self Made (2014) reads as a neutral, measured, surreal comedy · drama · absurdist entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, measured, measured comedy / drama, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- measured
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