Alam

2022

1h 49m

Drama

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Despite being part of a young generation of Palestinian Arabs whose families chose to stay and challenge the Israeli state after Al-Nakba, 17-year-old Tamer and his friends are just like any other group of teenage boys. They clumsily search for drugs, flirt with girls, play video games, and slack off at school. However, when a beautiful new student named Maysaa' joins their class Tamer immediately falls for her and, by association, is drawn into her political activism. Together they join fellow classmate, Safwat, in an operation to covertly raise the Palestinian flag and peacefully disrupt the local celebrations planned for Israel's Independence Day -- otherwise known to Palestinians as a day of mourning and memorialization for their displacement 70 years prior. Unsure of his own political convictions, Tamer must quickly determine what matters to him and what price he is willing to pay for freedom. A skillful examination of the fraught political awakening young Palestinians are forced to undergo, this TIFF world premiere "perfectly captures teenage fearlessness and bravado along with a certain cluelessness about how the real-world works" (Variety). An striking debut feature film from Firas Khoury, ALAM marries conversations around nationalism and iconography with the universal themes of growing up.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

I thought it was very strong, and man these kids can act.

May 10, 2024

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Namrata Joshi

The New Indian Express

It’s about the loss of innocence and essential politicisation of the young through acts of resistance with a flag as a tool and ally.

Jun 8, 2023

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Adam Mullins-Khatib

Chicago Reader

Khoury’s Alam is an affecting and effective film firmly fixated on contradictions and how we navigate them to create a sense of self.

May 17, 2023

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Joshua Polanski

Boston Hassle

I’m not sure how many better endings I will see this year.

Jul 5, 2024

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Hanna Flint

The New Arab

Khoury carefully portrays the gutsy and, at times, naive drive of a youth awakened by the politics of identity, nationalism and systemic oppression.

May 13, 2024

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Dhruv Goyal

In Review Online

Alam is a profoundly compassionate and valuable film about a boy gradually learning to see and value personal and political details that he ignored beforehand.

Apr 30, 2024

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Despite being part of a young generation of Palestinian Arabs whose families chose to stay and challenge the Israeli state after Al-Nakba, 17-year-old Tamer and his friends are just like any other group of teenage boys. They clumsily search for drugs, flirt with girls, play video games, and slack off at school. However, when a beautiful new student named Maysaa' joins their class Tamer immediately falls for her and, by association, is drawn into her political activism. Together they join fellow classmate, Safwat, in an operation to covertly raise the Palestinian flag and peacefully disrupt the local celebrations planned for Israel's Independence Day -- otherwise known to Palestinians as a day of mourning and memorialization for their displacement 70 years prior. Unsure of his own political convictions, Tamer must quickly determine what matters to him and what price he is willing to pay for freedom. A skillful examination of the fraught political awakening young Palestinians are forced to undergo, this TIFF world premiere "perfectly captures teenage fearlessness and bravado along with a certain cluelessness about how the real-world works" (Variety). An striking debut feature film from Firas Khoury, ALAM marries conversations around nationalism and iconography with the universal themes of growing up.

Director: Firas Khoury
Producer: Naomie Lagadec, Marie-Pierre Macia, Claire Gadea, Ossama Bawardi, Melik Kochbati
Screenwriter: Firas Khoury, Firas Khoury
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: MPM Film
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Hebrew
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 26, 2024
Runtime: 1h 49m

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