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Three Palestinian women living in an apartment in Tel Aviv try to find a balance between traditional and modern culture.Three Palestinian women living in an apartment in Tel Aviv try to find a balance between traditional and modern culture.Three Palestinian women living in an apartment in Tel Aviv try to find a balance between traditional and modern culture.
- Awards
- 16 wins & 17 nominations
Sana Jammelieh
- Salma
- (as Sana Jammalieh)
Mahmud Shalaby
- Ziad Hamdi
- (as Mahmood Shalabi)
Khawlah Hag-Debsy
- Salma's mother
- (as Khawla Haj Debsy)
Nisrin Abou-Hanna
- Nour's mother
- (as Nisrin Abou Hanna)
Shir Sterenberg
- Bartender
- (as Shir Sternberg)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaEarly in the film, Leila stops her car in the street when a male friend hails her and asks if she want him to pick up a ticket to see the band Tiny Fingers. One of the songs on the soundtrack is by this band.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hayom BaLayla: Episode #2.12 (2017)
- SoundtracksArab Party
Composed by M.G. Saad
Lyrics by Tamer Nafar, Mahmood Jrere & Maysa Daw
Mixed by Neal Gibbs
Performed by Dam
Featured review
I don't know what "Bar Bahr" means in Arabic, but I liked the English title-- "In Between"-- less than the Hebrew, which is "Neither Here Nor There." The movie is about how its three heroines suffer from belonging neither to traditional Arab society nor to secular Westernized society. Any base that they may seem to have established for themselves "in between" seems to crumble beneath their feet.
Despite the serious predicament, though, the movie is also very much about sisters doing it for themselves. There's an automatic solidarity whereby women-- at least young women of similar ages-- are all automatically soulmates; and men, it almost goes without saying, are swine. (Well, the gay guy is of course okay and a bit amusing.) Despite those stereotypes, the movie holds interest by virtue of believable acting and believable situations. My wife says it's one of the best we've seen in recent years, and she had the chance to appreciate it a little better than I did not only because she's a woman but also because she understands Arabic somewhat. For those who don't understand Arabic, though, there's still the added benefit of a look into another culture. The Israeli press was particularly impressed that not only traditional Arabic life is glimpsed, but also the small, rarely-explored community of young Arabs in Tel Aviv. (Is it possible that they all really smoke that much?) We see a succession of situations that by no means always involve much action or even much tension, although a couple of crises do come up. Mostly the appeal of the movie is in allowing us to feel like a fly on the wall among interesting people facing interesting day-to-day challenges.
Despite the serious predicament, though, the movie is also very much about sisters doing it for themselves. There's an automatic solidarity whereby women-- at least young women of similar ages-- are all automatically soulmates; and men, it almost goes without saying, are swine. (Well, the gay guy is of course okay and a bit amusing.) Despite those stereotypes, the movie holds interest by virtue of believable acting and believable situations. My wife says it's one of the best we've seen in recent years, and she had the chance to appreciate it a little better than I did not only because she's a woman but also because she understands Arabic somewhat. For those who don't understand Arabic, though, there's still the added benefit of a look into another culture. The Israeli press was particularly impressed that not only traditional Arabic life is glimpsed, but also the small, rarely-explored community of young Arabs in Tel Aviv. (Is it possible that they all really smoke that much?) We see a succession of situations that by no means always involve much action or even much tension, although a couple of crises do come up. Mostly the appeal of the movie is in allowing us to feel like a fly on the wall among interesting people facing interesting day-to-day challenges.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Bar Bahar: Entre dos mundos
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $107,977
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,888
- Jan 7, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $1,679,952
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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