Chronicle of a Disappearance

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Type:
Feature Film

Director:
Elia Suleiman

Year:
1996

Time:
88 minutes

Produced by:
Assaf Amir & Elia Suleiman

Written by:
Elia Suleiman

Edited by:
Anna Ruiz

Language:
Arabic, French & Hebrew with English subtitles

"Part docuentary, part psychodrama, part absurd comedy. . . "
- J. Hoberman, Village Voice

"A certifiable masterpiece."
- Gavin Smith, Film Comment

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What does it mean to be Palestinian in the second half of the twentieth century? Elia Suleiman was born in Nazareth in 1960, well after the establishment in 1948 of the state of Israel in historic Palestine. After twelve years in exile, living in New York, Suleiman returns to the land of his birth in an attempt to find his roots.

Chronicle Of A Disappearance does not take a position on the political impasse in the Middle East. Rather, the film is a personal meditation upon the spiritual effect of political instability on the Palestinian people, their psyche and their identity. As such, it is an invaluable contribution to the struggle for peace in the region.