Direction: Michel Khleifi

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Michel Khleifi. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israël

2004 · Documentary · 270 min. · Belgium

Direction Eyal Sivan · Michel Khleifi

Plot In the summer of 2002, Michel Khleifi and Eyal Sivan, a Palestinian and an Israeli, travelled together from the south to the north of their country of birth, traced their...

7.5

24 votes

7.5

24 votes

Wedding in Galilee

1987 · Movie · 100 min. · Palestine

Direction Michel Khleifi

Cast Mohamad Ali El Akili · Bushra Karaman · Makram Khoury · Yussuf Abu-Warda

Plot A Palestinian seeks Israeli permission to waive curfew to give his son a fine wedding. The military governor's condition is that he and his officers attend. The groom berates his...

6.4

52 votes

6.4

52 votes

Canticle of the Stones

1990 · Movie · 100 min. · Palestine

Direction Michel Khleifi

Cast Bushra Karaman · Makram Khoury

Plot West Bank. Two Palestinians lovers meet in the early 70’s in Jerusalem and have a short love story. When he is imprisoned for resisting the Israeli occupation, she went to...

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The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels

1994 · Movie · 107 min. · Palestine

Direction Michel Khleifi

Cast Mohamed Nahhal · Hanna'Ne Meh · Ghassan Abu Libda · Makram Khoury

Plot A Palestinian boy becomes entranced with a beautiful Gypsy girl and a fairy tale world she weaves amidst conflict in Gaza. The children explore nature, mysticism and what their future...

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Forbidden Marriages in the Holy Land

1995 · Documentary · 66 min. · Palestine

Direction Michel Khleifi

Plot This documentary focuses on the thorny issue of marriages between Jews and Arabs in Palestine-Israel. It examines different types of marriages from different generations and social classes. Through these couples,...

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Zindeeq

2009 · Movie · 85 min. · Palestine

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Fertile Memory

1980 · Documentary · 99 min. · Palestine

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Ma’aloul Celebrates its Destruction

1984 · Documentary · 30 min. · Belgium

Direction Michel Khleifi

Plot Ma’aloul is a Palestinian village in Galilee. In 1948, it was destroyed by the Israeli armed forces and its inhabitants expelled either to Lebanon or to the neighbouring town of...

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