Release Date : November, 25th, 2006
Screen Time : 137 min.
Genre : Documentary, Feature

Color : Color
Screening Format : 35mm
Screen Size : -
Sound System : -
Sound Processing : -

[ Directed by ] SATO Makoto

[ Produced by ] YAMAGAMI Tetsujiro

[ Cast ]

• Mariam C. SAID
• Wadie E. SAID
• Najla W. SAID

[ Staff ]

• John JUNKERMAN Co-producer
• OTSU Koshiro Director of Photography
• KURIHARA Akira Director of Photography
• SATO Makoto Director of Photography
• HATA Takeshi Editing
• TSURUMAKI Yutaka Sound Editor
• NAKANO Makiko Translation Supervisor
• Najib EL-KHASH Assistant Director
• YAYAMA Kumiko Assistant Director
• ISHIDA Yuko Assistant Director
• SASAKI Masaaki Planning Producer

[ Production Company ]

SIGLO

[ Story ]

Edward Said, a world-class intellectual from Palestine, died in September 2003. He was buried neither in New York where he spent the second half of his life, nor in Jerusalem where he was born, but in Broummana in Lebanon. The film starts with the episode about his burial place which reveals his complex background.
The camera follows the lives of Palestinians who live as refugees in the surrounding Arab countries after being forced out when Israel was formed. The Israelis, on the other hand, have lived through a long history of oppression. The film shows the deep contradiction of oppression and suppression that await Israelis returning from around the world.
The journey to retrace Said's wishes and memories explores the horizon of reconciliation and symbiosis that Said longed for, following the testimony of Israeli and Arab intellectuals as signposts.
Directed by Sato Makoto of Living on the River Agano (Aga ni Ikiru). The film received a special invitation to the 2005 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival where it was shown as the closing film.

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