Bassem Loulou
Salem
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A hilarious handling of a situation involving a cell phone tower installation in olive farming village of Palestinian Israel, and the radiation fears that unite people to express their contempt.
- (74)
- Comedy, Drama
- Sameh Zoabi
- 2010
Mar 23, 2011 · An irrefutably pleasant, yet terminally half-hearted comedy concerned with transitional forces in technology and culture in a small Palestinian town, Man Without a Cell Phone is less an urgent and timely parable than an extended pilot episode for a second-rate sitcom.
Man Without a Cell Phone is a rarity: a funny, lighthearted film about Israeli-Palestinian relations. Director Sameh Zoabi grew up in the village where the movie takes place.
An unmotivated guy flunking out of college finds his political voice in Sameh Zoabi’s uneven yet generally appealing debut, “Man Without a Cell Phone.”
Man Without a Cell Phone. Jawdat weaves his way through politics and traditional values while avoiding his father, Salem, who thinks a cell tower is poisoning the village with radiation.
- (2)
- Sameh Zoabi
- Drama
- Bassem Loulou
Jawdat’s cell phone is causing yet further problems: it seems that the police are suspicious of the young man’s innocent telephone conversations with a girl from the Palestinian territory...
Man Without a Cell Phone (2010) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
