LET IT BE MORNING is the story of Sami (Alex Bakri) a Palestinian-born Israeli citizen living in Jerusalem who receives an invitation to his brother’s wedding forcing him to return to the Arab village where he grew up. After the wedding finishes, with no explanation, Sami’s hometown is put under a military blockade lockdown by Israeli soldiers. When chaos erupts overnight amongst the villagers stuck behind the wall due to the blockade, Sami is cut off from the outside world and trapped in an unexpected situation.
As he deals with questions about his own identity and hidden secrets are revealed, Sami watches everything he holds dear begin to fall apart. Written and directed by award-winning Israeli filmmaker Eran Kolirin (The Band’s Visit), and adapted from the international best-selling novel by Palestinian author Sayed Kashua, LET IT BE MORNING is a film about a state of siege, both internal and external – centered around a man who has built a wall around his heart, and how that inner wall starts coming apart when an actual, real wall goes up around his hometown.
…”a quietly atmospheric piece of work with moments of comedy and pathos.”
You can watch this film two weeks before its theatrical premiere in New York City and Los Angeles. And you can choose how, too: in-person, on the big screen at the PMA, or virtually on your home TV.
Get tickets here for the Sunday showing on January 22 at 3pm at the Portland Museum of Art, or buy tickets here for the MJFF Virtual Presentation, streaming from Thursday, January 26 at 5pm, through Sunday, January 29 at midnight.
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as ongoing sponsors of MJFF and champions of Israeli films.
