Chronicle of a Disappearance

Overview

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

Elia Suleiman

E.S.

N/A

Nazira Suleiman

Mother

N/A

Fuad Suleiman

Father

Ali Suliman

The Man

N/A

Juliet Mazzawi

The aunt

N/A

Fawaz Eilemi

Abu Adnan

N/A

Leonid Alexeenko

Priest

Ula Tabari

Adan

N/A

Taha Mouhamad Ali

The writer

N/A

Samer Azar

Turban man

N/A

Imile Qamou

Cafe owner

N/A

Irena Mistrakov

Russian waitress