HAIFA Palestine

Haifa is a sensitive story of the days leading
up to the peace agreement signed by
Arafat and Rabin in Washington and the
mixed emotions that followed the historic
event. “Everyday people go about their
business in a poor, dusty little town somewhere
in the Gaza Strip. There is the optimistic
Abu Said, who was once a police
officer and now ekes out a living for his
family as a cotton candy vendor. His
sons-Siad, arrested in a local sweep-up
by the Israeli authorities, and jobless
Said-are cynical about the peace talks
and humiliated over their lost land.
Anxious mothers like Oum Said urge their
sons to settle down with a family as a way
of giving them a life … [O)ne unusual character
is the crazed Haifa, nicknamed for
the birthplace he loves, now an Israeli city.
Leading Palestinian actor Bakri creates a
warmly human soul whose aching, unfulfilled
longing is a symbol for all of
Palestine.” -Deborah Young, Variety