Let It Be Morning

Name: Let It Be Morning
Genre: Drama
Released: February 3, 2023
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 77
Cast: Alex Bakri, Doraid Liddawi, Ehab Salami, Isabelle Ramadan, Juna Suleiman

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Cohen Media Group | Release Date: February 3, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Alex Bakri, Doraid Liddawi, Ehab Salami, Isabelle Ramadan, Juna Suleiman, Khalifa Natour, Maruan Hamdan, Salim Dau, Samer Bisharat, Yara Elham Jarrar

Summary: Sami (Alex Bakri), a Palestinian-born Israeli citizen living in Jerusalem, receives an invitation to his brother’s wedding forcing him to return to the Arab village where he grew up. After the wedding finishes, with no explanation, Sami's hometown is put under a military blockade lockdown by the Israeli government. When chaos eruptsSami (Alex Bakri), a Palestinian-born Israeli citizen living in Jerusalem, receives an invitation to his brother’s wedding forcing him to return to the Arab village where he grew up. After the wedding finishes, with no explanation, Sami's hometown is put under a military blockade lockdown by the Israeli government. When chaos erupts overnight amongst the villagers stuck behind the wall due to the blockade, Sami is cut off from the outside world and trapped in an unexpected situation. As he deals with questions about his own identity and hidden secrets are revealed, Sami watches everything he holds dear begin to fall apart. … Expand

Director: Eran Kolirin

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 101 min

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RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Feb 2, 2023

Let It Be Morning is a quiet film that builds to a powerful ending. Read full review

Jonathan Romney

Jan 31, 2023

The situation of Israel’s Arab population is treated with poised satirical acidity in Let It Be Morning, a film mixing social comedy with a touch of absurdism that, though rooted in real-world conflict, has distinct echoes of Buñuel’s The Exterminating Angel. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Jan 31, 2023

This is a farce of stasis, not frenzied activity. By holding his characters literally captive — as the village is held, absurdly but violently, under siege — Kolirin forges an actual microcosm through which to examine the social and political status of Israel’s Arab community. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Feb 2, 2023

Despite flashes of droll humor, the film builds up an undercurrent of suspense, with the prospect of violence always near. Kolirin (the movie version of “The Band’s Visit”) orchestrates the proceedings with confidence and significant subtlety, never letting political diagnoses overwhelm character. Read full review

Mark Jenkins

Feb 6, 2023

Mostly gentle but occasionally turbulent comic drama, which is primarily about the ways people fail their families, friends and themselves. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Feb 2, 2023

Although this well-acted film, which was Israel’s official submission for the 2022 international film Oscar, is a bit slow-going, it presents a timely, pointed, at times cleverly satirical snapshot of Israeli-Palestinian relations. It also offers an often poignant look at a dysfunctional family at the center of it all. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Feb 3, 2023

Kolirin has a sense for the bleakly surreal, and an ability to balance even the darkest experiences with empathetic shades of gray. Everyone here is bound by bars of some sort, and everyone has the freedom to make certain choices within them. Read full review

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Brent_Marchant

Mar 11, 2023

Prisons come in a variety of forms – some imposed on us, others self-created – but, regardless of how they materialize, they all have the same impact: a means for keeping us locked in place. The myriad permutations they embody and the ways in which they affect the members of a family andPrisons come in a variety of forms – some imposed on us, others self-created – but, regardless of how they materialize, they all have the same impact: a means for keeping us locked in place. The myriad permutations they embody and the ways in which they affect the members of a family and their community provide the focus for acclaimed writer-director Eran Kolirin’s latest. This gentle comedy-drama follows the lives of a rural community populated almost exclusively by Palestinians located within Israel’s borders that suddenly and inexplicably goes on lockdown for an indefinite period of time, preventing anyone from leaving or entering. As the ordeal wears on, residents begin running out of supplies and their nerves become progressively frayed, prompting a growing number of standoffs, confrontations, revelations and even reconciliations as the characters all seek to free themselves from their confines, be they physical, emotional, psychological or relationship-oriented. But, as troubling as all this may sound, events unfurl in unexpected ways, often laced with humor, satire and heartfelt emotion. Developments tend to evolve somewhat slowly, but the payoffs are definitely worth it in a story that’s beautifully told and photographed, backed by a gorgeous original score. Admittedly the picture tends to be somewhat episodic at times, but it manages to cover all its bases and leaves no narrative threads unresolved. This Un Certain Regard Award nominee from the 2021 Cannes Film Festival seems to have taken a rather long time to make it to general release, but the wait was definitely worthwhile, a touching, sincerely realized work and a genuinely heartrending cinematic gem, one of the finest films to come out of Israel in quite a while.… Expand

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