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The Milky Way

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Abandoned as a youth, Mabruq (Suheil Haddad) lives in a small town in Galilee where the residents mostly look down upon him. He is smitten with a withdrawn young woman, Jamilah (Mihaela Mitraki), and he looks up to Mahmud (Mohammad Bakri), the local fix-it man. The muktahr (Makram Khoury) is the village leader and does his best to maintain the peace by keeping the Israeli military happy, but, when trouble strikes the area, everyone's life is changed.

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Ali Nasser

Director

Mohammad Bakri

Mahmud

Suheil Haddad

Mabruq

Makram Khoury

Villager

Yussuf Abu-Warda

Governor

Mahmmud Abu Jazi

Teacher

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Synopsis Abandoned as a youth, Mabruq (Suheil Haddad) lives in a small town in Galilee where the residents mostly look down upon him. He is smitten with a withdrawn young woman, Jamilah (Mihaela Mitraki), and he looks up to Mahmud (Mohammad Bakri), the local fix-it man. The muktahr (Makram Khoury) is the village leader and does his best to maintain the peace by keeping the Israeli military happy, but, when trouble strikes the area, everyone's life is changed.
Director
Ali Nasser
Producer
Ali Nasser
Screenwriter
Ali Nasser, Ghalib Sha'ath
Distributor
Kino International Corp., Facets
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Hebrew
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 25, 1999, Original
Runtime
1h 44m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)