Inch'Allah (2012 film)
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| Directed by | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette |
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| Written by | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette |
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| Music by | Levon Minassian |
| Cinematography | Philippe Lavalette |
| Edited by | Sophie Leblond |
| Distributed by | E1 Films Canada |
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| Country | Canada |
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French Arabic Hebrew English |
Inch'Allah is a Canadian drama film, released in 2012. Written and directed by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, the film stars Évelyne Brochu as Chloé, a Canadian medical doctor with the Red Crescent.
Plot
Stationed at a clinic in Ramallah, West Bank and crossing daily past the checkpoints to and from her apartment in Jerusalem, Chloé finds her loyalties torn as she witnesses the effects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on her friends, colleagues and patients on both sides of the border.
Cast
- Évelyne Brochu as Chloé
- Sabrina Ouazani as Rand
- Sivan Levy as Ava
- Yousef Sweid as Faysal
- Hammoudeh Alkarmi as Safi
- Zorah Benali as Soraïda
- Carlo Brandt as Michael
- Marie-Thérèse Fortin as Elaine
- Ahmad Massad as Imad
- Yoav Donat as Checkpoint soldier
Reception
The film garnered five Canadian Screen Awards nominations at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards, including nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Brochu), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Ouazani), Best Cinematography (Philippe Lavalette) and Best Editing (Sophie Leblond).[1] Barbeau-Lavalette was named artist of the year for 2012 by Les Artistes pour la paix, a Montreal-based organization that honours works of art involving themes of peace, in February 2013.[2] In the same month, Inch'Allah was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize for the Panorama section of the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival.[3]
References
- ↑ "Rebelle leads the film nominations for the first Canadian Screen Awards". The Gazette, January 15, 2013.
- ↑ "Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette nommée Artiste pour la paix". Radio-Canada, February 14, 2013.
- ↑ "Inch’Allah wins the FIPRESCI prize at the Berlin Film Festival". The Gazette, February 15, 2013.