Synopsis
Israel/Palestine, today. Salam, a charming 30-year-old Palestinian living in Jerusalem, works as a trainee on the Palestinian popular soap opera “Tel Aviv on Fire”, produced in Ramallah. Every day, to reach the TV studios, Salam has to go through a rather difficult Israeli checkpoint. There he meets the commander of the checkpoint, Assi, whose wife is a big fan of the soap opera. In order to please him, Assi puts pressure on Salam to change the end of the show. Salam quickly realizes that Assi’s ideas could be promoted to him as a screenwriter. Salam’s creative career is suddenly boiling, until Assi and the soap opera producers and financiers disagree on how it should end. Stuck between an army colonel and Arab support, Salam can solve his problems with a final master stroke.
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Movie Details
Italy Releases: | May 9th, 2019 (Wide), released as Tutti pazzi a Tel Aviv |
Video Release: | November 12th, 2019 by Universal Home Entertainment |
MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
Running Time: | 100 minutes |
Source: | Original Screenplay |
Genre: | Romantic Comedy |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
Production/Financing Companies: | Sansa Films, TS Productions, Lama Films, Films From There, Artemis, Film Fund Luxembourg, Israel Film Fund, Eurimages, Audience Design Fund, Torino Film Lab, Creative Europe, RTBF, VOO ET BETV, Centre Du Cinema Et L'Audiovisuel De La Federation Wallonie Bruxelles, Ing, Tax Shelter Incentive of the Federal Government of Belgium, Indie Invest, Blaq Out, Universcine, United King Films, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, FOHS Foundation, Israel Lottery Council for Culture and Arts, Cohen Media Group |
Production Countries: | Belgium, France, Israel, Luxembourg |
Languages: | Arabic, Hebrew |