PRIVATE (2004)

Cast

Plot

Mohammad is a Palestinian teacher and intellectual whose house is commandeered by an Israeli army platoon, him and his family being confined to the ground floor and, at night, the living room. His act of resistance is to stay and continually rebuild his greenhouse as the Israelis smash it. His wife wants to leave and his children all react in different ways, one spies on the soldiers, one wants to kill them, one is traumatised...... The Israelis aren't stereotypically cast either, they also have very different views and ways of coping. This is a superior drama, well scripted and with thoughtfully drawn characters, all shot on location...........in Italy.