In the shadow of the impending 1967 Arab-Israeli War, a 14-year-old Palestinian boy discovers parallels between his own life and James Dean’s in ‘Rebel Without a Cause’, and attempts to embody a similar character in his hometown, which is entrenched with turmoil and uncertainty.
In 1967, in the shadow of the looming Arab-Israeli War, a Palestinian teenager watches James Dean in a small local cinema. Although he and the movie star are from entirely different worlds, Yacoub discovers parallels between his own life and Dean’s Jim Stark in ‘Rebel Without a Cause’, and attempts to embody a similar character in his own village, where he is an outcast.
