LET IT BE MORNING

Israel/France 2021

Director: Eran Kolirin

Arabic & Hebrew with English subtitles

101 minutes

Drama

Israel’s official submission to the 2022 Oscars for Best International Feature Film and winner of seven Israeli Academy Awards, this gently satirical tale centers on Sami, an Arab Israeli telecom executive who lives in Jerusalem. An invitation to his younger brother’s wedding brings Sami, his wife and young son back to the small Arab village where he grew up. But after the wedding, as he starts his journey back to the city, he discovers that the Israeli military has imposed a security lock down on the village without warning and has forbidden anyone from leaving. Cut off from the outside world, trapped in an unexpected situation, Sami is forced to face what he has been running away from, to re-evaluate his life choices and to ponder whether his sense of security as an Israeli citizen has been nothing but an illusion.

Winner: 7 Israeli Academy Awards (2021) including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress