Private
Off a road between Israeli settlements and a Palestinian village live a modestly affluent Palestinian couple and their five children. One day Israeli soldiers take the house over as an observation post. While the kitchen is shared, the living room becomes the family's confines and the upstairs off-limits military territory, where trespass could result in death. Shot in direct-cinema style with a top-notch cast of Israeli and Palestinian actors, Private was filmed with Calabria doubling as the West Bank, where the safety of the Israeli actors could not be ensured. Saverio Costanzo's award-winning debut feature, Private is an amazingly suspenseful psychodrama whose themes of pacification, rage, and absurdity apply to war zones everywhere. Italy, 2004. 92 min. An Avatar Films release.
A-29b Tue March 29 at 9pm
W-31a Thu March 31 at 6pm
A Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
W Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center
M The Museum of Modern Art