Bye Bye Tiberias

Name: Bye Bye Tiberias
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: January 12, 2024
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 77
Cast: Buthayna Abbas Hajo, Diana Hussein, Hiam Abbass, Johayna Hussein Abbas, Nemat Abbass

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Women Make Movies | Release Date: January 12, 2024 | Not Rated

Starring: Buthayna Abbas Hajo, Diana Hussein, Hiam Abbass, Johayna Hussein Abbas, Nemat Abbass, Omaya Younes, Said Abbas, Um Ali, Wafa Malgo, Zahera Bounechada

Summary: Years after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career in France, Hiam Abbass returns home with her daughter, in this intimate documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation.

Director: Lina Soualem

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 82 min

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Allan Hunter

Jan 12, 2024

Filmmaker Lina Soualem’s sentimental journey with her actress mother Hiam Abbass becomes a powerful celebration of lives marked by separation, exile and erasure. Read full review

Roxana Hadadi

Jan 12, 2024

The documentary may be understated, with its long dialogue-free stretches. But the distractions that pull Abbass’s stare away from her daughter’s lens give Bye Bye Tiberias a pointedly political backbone that the documentary buoys with clever editing and a tangible self-assuredness. Read full review

Collider Lisa Laman

Feb 20, 2024

Bye Bye Tiberias is a unique documentary that handles its painful subject with grace and care. Read full review

Rogan Graham

Jul 2, 2024

There is a persistent tension in the film between the history of those who were forcibly displaced, and Hiam, who made the autonomous choice to leave. Read full review

Michael Talbot-Haynes

Jan 12, 2024

Bye Bye Tiberias is a powerful portrait of how broken things come back together over and over. Read full review

Alissa Simon

Jan 12, 2024

If there is any one takeaway from the film, it’s the importance of family attachments and the succor they provide. Read full review

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