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‘The First Supper’ is a one-night philosophical dinner with six young people from the Middle East, symbols of a generation that has known nothing but political upheaval.
‘The First Supper’ is a creative documentary that takes place behind closed doors in an isolated house on an island. The protagonists of various Middle Eastern countries and backgrounds gather for dinner. They are a Syrian who fled his country during the civil war; an Egyptian who lived through the events of Tahrir Square; an Iranian who has followed the Green Revolution in Tehran; and three young Israelis from different ideological backgrounds. They confront one another, each obsessed with their own history, each seeing themselves as victims, each accusing the other. But one question remains: how to live with one’s antagonist; the one who is different and who has opposing needs?

Credits

Director
Jamal Khalaile, Pauline Carbonnier
Screenwriter
Jamal Khalaile, Pauline Carbonnier
Producer
Baher Agbaryia
Cast
Oded: Oded Naaman
Golshifteh: Golshifteh Farahani
Guy: Guy Elhanan
Hodaya: Hodaya Serloui
Leila: Leila Mouamar
Elias: Elias Copti

PIF DS 18 Oct.

About the Director

Jamal Khalaile
Jamal Khalaile was born in Acre in 1976 and graduated with a cinema and television degree from Jerusalem’s Hadassah College, where he studied directing and editing. He worked as location manager for filmmakers Elia Suleiman (‘The Time That Remains’), Tawfik Abu Wael (‘Tnathur’), Sameh Zoabi (‘Man Without Cell-Phone’) and Hiam Abbas (‘Inheritance’). Khalaile also edited the feature film ‘Bena’ by N
Pauline Carbonnier
Pauline Carbonnier was born in France and has directed several documentary films in Asia. She wrote and co-directed Part 1 of ‘Sho Qostak’ with Jamal Khalaile, and is now co-writing the second part of the trilogy in addition to working on her first feature film.
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