Junction 48

Junction 48 is a 2016 Israeli drama film directed by Udi Aloni, co-written by and starring Tamer Nafar.[1] It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Audience Award.[2][3]

Junction 48
Film poster
Directed byUdi Aloni
Produced byUdi Aloni
Stefan Arndt
Lawrence Inglee
David Silber
Written byOren Moverman
Tamer Nafar
StarringTamer Nafar
Samar Qupty
CinematographyAmnon Zlayet
Edited byJay Rabinowitz
Release date
  • 13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) (Berlin)
  • 5 May 2016 (2016-05-05) (Israel)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageArabic
Hebrew

Plot

Karim, a young Arab from Lod, works for the Execution Office's Customer Service, and lives among drug dealers in the Middle East drug capital, but dreams of being a musician. The plot takes place in Lod and the character of Karim is based on the Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar (who also plays his role), and who wrote the screenplay with Oren Moverman, as well as composed the music for the film (along with Itamar Ziegler of the Balkan Beat Box).

Cast

  • Tamer Nafar as Kareem
  • Samar Qupty as Manar
  • Salwa Nakkara as Kareem's mother
  • Saeed Dassuki as Talal
  • Adeeb Safadi as Yousef
  • Tarik Kopty as Abu Abdallah, Talal's father
  • Sameh Zakout as Amir
  • Ayed Fadel as Hussam
  • Hisham Suliman as Shaikh
  • Mariam Abu Khaled as Mariam
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