Borrowed Identity, A
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A BORROWED IDENTITY
Gifted Eyad (Tawfeek Barhom), a Palestinian Israeli boy, is given the chance to go to a prestigious Jewish boarding school in Jerusalem. As he desperately tries to fit in with his Jewish schoolmates and within Israeli society, Eyad develops a friendship with another outsider, Jonathan (Michael Moshonov, Lebanon) a boy suffering from muscular dystrophy, and gradually becomes part of the home Jonathan shares with his mother, Edna (Yael Abecassis, Kadosh, Alila, To Live and Become). After falling in love with Naomi (Daniel Kitsis), a Jewish girl, he leaves school when their relationship is uncovered, and he discovers that he will have to sacrifice his identity in order to be accepted. Faced with a choice, Eyad will have to make a decision that will change his life forever.
“Eran Riklis’ strongest film in years!” – Variety
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Cast & Crew
DIRECTOR:
Eran Riklis
WRITER:
Sayed Kashua
PRODUCERS:
Bettina Brokemper
Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre
Michael Eckelt
Chilik Michaeli
CAST:
Tawfeek Barhom
Ali Suliman
Yaël Abecassis
Film Specs
Country of Origin: Israel
Format: DCP/2.35/Color
Sound Format: Dolby SRD
Running Time: 104 minutes
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
In Hebrew with English Subtitles
Screenings
See this film at the following theaters:
- 04/28/15 UJA -Federation of NY New York, NY
- 05/10/15 Silicon Valley Jewish Film Fest Cupertino, CA
- 06/04/15 Greenwich Int’l Film Festival Greenwich, CT
- 06/05/15 Cinetopia Ann Arbor, MI
- 06/07/15 St. Louis Jewish Film Festival St. Louis, MO
- 06/21/15 Northwest Film Center, Portland OR
- 06/24/15 Avalon Theatre Washington D.C.
- 06/26/15 Lincoln Plaza Cinema New York, NY
- 07/03/15 Laemmle’s Royal Theatre Los Angeles, CA
- 07/03/15 Laemmle’s Town Center Encino, CA
- 07/03/15 Regal/Edward Westpark Irvine, CA
- 07/03/15 Gene Siskel Film Center Chicago, IL
- 07/10/15 Kew Gardens Theatre Kew Gardens, NY
- 07/10/15 Malverne Cinema Malverne, NY
- 07/10/15 Cinemas Palme D’Or Palm Desert, CA
- 07/10/15 Wilmette Theatre Wilmette, IL
- 07/12/15 Martha’s Vineyard Film Ctr. Vineyard Haven, MA
- 07/14/15 Rochester Jewish Film & Book Fest Rochester, NY
- 07/16/15 Stony Brook Film Festival Stony Brook, NY
- 07/17/15 Coral Gables Art Cinema Coral Gables, FL
- 07/17/15 CCA Cinematheque Santa Fe, NM
- 07/17/15 Harkin’s Camelview 5 Scottsdale, AZ
- 07/17/15 The Showroom Asbury Park, NJ
- 07/17/15 Sag Harbor Cinema Sag Harbor, NY
- 07/17/15 Brielle’s Maplewood Sixplex Maplewood, NY
- 07/24/15 Cinema Paradiso – Hollywood Hollywood, FL
- 07/24/15 Landmark’s Opera Plaza Theatre San Francisco, CA
- 07/24/15 Rafael Film Center San Rafael, CA
- 07/24/15 Rialto’s Elmwood Theatre Berkeley, CA
- 07/24/15 Camera 3 San Jose, CA
- 07/24/15 Living Room Theater Boca Raton, FL
- 07/24/15 Lake Worth Playhouse Lake Worth, FL
- 07/24/15 Amherst Cinema Buffalo, NY
- 07/24/15 Charles Theatre Baltimore, MD
- 07/24/15 Angelika Pop Up Washington, DC
- 07/24/15 Cinema Arts Theatre Fairfax, VA
- 07/24/15 Harkin’s Shea 14 Scottsdale, AZ
- 07/24/15 North Shore Tower Floral Park, NY
- 07/31/15 Media Arts Center/Digital Gym Cinema San Diego, CA
- 07/31/15 Sie Film Center Denver, CO
- 07/31/15 Real Art Ways Hartford, CT
- 07/31/15 Landmark’s Main Art Theatre Royal Oak, MI
- 07/31/15 Cinema Paradiso – Ft. Lauderdale Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- 07/31/15 Rialto Cinemas Sebastopol, CA
- 07/31/15 Art Theatre of Long Beach Long Beach, CA
- 07/31/15 Laemmle’s Music Hall Beverly Hills, CA
- 08/04/15 Falmouth Jewish Congregation, Falmouth, MA
- 08/12/15 Plaza de Oro Theatre Santa Barbara, CA
- 08/14/15 Landmark’s Ritz at the Bourse Philadelphia, PA
- 08/14/15 Cinemaopolis Ithaca, NY
- 08/17/15 Berkshire Jewish Film Festival Pittsfield, MA
- 08/19/15 Hamilton Theater Hamilton, NY
- 08/21/15 Mountain Cinema Hunter, NY
- 08/21/15 Gateway Film Center Columbus, OH
- 08/21/15 Prado Stadium 12 Bonita Springs, FL
- 08/28/15 Berkshire Little Cinema Pittsfield, MA
- 09/04/15 Sundance Seattle Seattle, WA
- 09/04/15 UA Tara Cinemas Atlanta, GA
- 09/04/15 The Lark Larkspur, CA
- 09/04/15 West Newton Cinemas West Newton, MA
- 09/16/15 Aaron Family of JCC Dallas, TX
- 09/18/15 Plimoth Theatre Plymouth, MA
- 09/20/15 Cinema Art Bethesda Bethesda, MD
- 09/25/15 Cinematheque of Daytona Ormond Beach, FL
- 09/25/15 Theatre N Theatre Wilmington, DE
- 09/29/15 Boedecker Theater Boulder, CO
- 10/01/15 Council on Middle East Studies New Haven, CT
- 10/01/15 Fine Arts Int’l Film Festival San Juan, PR
- 10/01/15 Jewish Studies Michigan State Univ. E. Lansing, MI
- 10/01/15 Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival Cupertino, CA
- 10/06/15 Bama Theatre Tuscaloosa, AL
- 10/07/15 The Ware Center Lancaster, PA
- 10/18/15 Smith Opera House Geneva, NY
- 10/23/15 Vermont Int’l Film Foundation Burlington, VT
- 10/24/15 Univ. of Washington Hellenic Studies JSIS Seattle, WA
- 10/25/15 Stroum Center for Jewish Studies Seattle, WA
- 10/25/15 Town & Village Synagogue New York, NY
- 10/27/15 Film Streams Omaha, NE
- 10/28/15 Rutgers New Jersey Jewish Film Fest New Brunswick, NJ
- 10/28/15 San Diego Jewish Film Festival La Jolla, CA
- 11/04/15 Columbus Jewish Film Festival Columbus, OH
- 11/05/15 JCC of Mid Westchester Scarsdale, NY
- 12/12/15 Columbia IIJS West Orange, NJ
- 12/19/15 Charlotte Film Society Charlotte, NC
- 01/14/16 Jewish Fed. of Lee & Charlotte Counties Ft. Myers, FL
- 01/25/16 Boardman’s Art Theater Champaign, IL
- 02/24/16 Center for Jewish Studies Middletown, CT
- 03/01/16 JCC Allentown Allentown, PA
- 03/11/15 East Bay Int’l Jewish Film Festival Oakland, CA
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