Chronicle of a Disappearance

The story

Chronicle of a Disappearance unfolds in a series of seemingly unconnected cinematic tableaux, each of them focused on incidents or characters which seldom reappear later in the film. Among the many unrelated scenes, there is a Palestinian actress struggling to find an apartment in West Jerusalem, the owner of the Holy Land souvenir shop preparing merchandise for incoming Japanese tourists, a group of old women gossiping about their relatives, and an Israeli police van which screeches to a halt so several heavily armed soldiers can get off the car and urinate.

Cast & crew

Elia SuleimanE.S.

Nazira Suleiman

Nazira SuleimanMother

Fuad Suleiman

Fuad SuleimanFather

Ali SulimanThe Man

Juliet Mazzawi

Juliet MazzawiThe aunt

Fawaz Eilemi

Fawaz EilemiAbu Adnan

Leonid Alexeenko

Leonid AlexeenkoPriest

Ula TabariAdan

Taha Mouhamad Ali

Taha Mouhamad AliThe writer

Samer Azar

Samer AzarTurban man

Imile Qamou

Imile QamouCafe owner

Irena Mistrakov

Irena MistrakovRussian waitress