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📅 2025 ⏱ 2h NR Released FHD / 4K

Palestine 36

"The uprising that took on an empire."

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Year 1936. As villages across Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe and some arriving with nefarious Zionist-colonial ambitions, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain’s 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.

🎬 DirectorAnnemarie Jacir

📅 Release2025-10-31

🌍 CountryPalestinian Territory, United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Qatar

🗣 LanguageArabic, English

🏢 StudioPhilistine Films, Autonomous, Corniche Media

🗳 Votes72

🔥 Popularity4

💵 Revenue$650,000

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🎭 Cast

Karim Daoud Anaya

Yusuf

Hiam Abbass

Hanan

Robert Aramayo

Captain Wingate

Billy Howle

Thomas Hopkins

Dhafer L'Abidine

Amir

Yasmine Al Massri

Khouloud

Liam Cunningham

Charles Tegart

Jeremy Irons

High Commissioner Wauchope

Ward Helou

Kareem

Yafa Bakri

Rabab

Wardi Eilabouni

Afra

Saleh Bakri

Khalid

Jalal Altawil

Father Boulos

Kamel El Basha

Abu Rabab

Joanna Arida

Dyala's Cousin

🎥 Crew

Director Annemarie Jacir

Director of Photography Hélène Louvart

Editor Tania Reddin

Set Decoration Sami Zarour

Producer Ossama Bawardi

Co-Producer Cat Villiers

Co-Producer Hani Farsi

Co-Producer Nils Åstrand

Co-Producer Olivier Barbier

Co-Producer Azzam Fakhrildin

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🏷 Keywords

zionismperiod dramacolonialismbritish colonialismhistorical drama1930santi-colonialismpalestine historypalestinian resistanceempathetic

💬 Reviews

CinemaSerf ⭐ 7/10

With the British Empire trying to reconcile it’s own Palestinian agenda with those of the indigenous cotton farmers and a burgeoning, homeless, Jewish population arriving with expectations of their own homeland, this film follows events through the eyes of “Yusuf” (Karim Daoud Anaya) as he finds himself drawn into the conflict. He comes from a rural village but works part-time for a local pu…

Puffypoofy ⭐ 1/10

By Oren Kessler, author of the book 'Palestine 1936'> I have a number of quarrels with this film but I’ve limited myself to three of its most egregious failings: > > The utter distortion of how Jews acquired land (whatever land they owned was paid for – not “transferred” over by perfidious Brits) > > The complete absence of a guy named Hajj Amin al-Husseini (maybe you’ve heard…