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Inshallah Beijing

Title of the film

Original title: Inshallah Beijing
English title: Inshallah Beijing
Hungarian title: Inshallah Peking

Production and shooting info

Country of the production: Italy - it
Year of production: 2008
Year of shooting: 2008
Length of the film: 54 min
Colouring: colour
Standard format: DigiBeta
Recording format: HD
Original language: Arabic
 English
Language of subtitle: English

Description of the content

Ghadir dreams that at last someone will buy her some running shoes. Nader trains while hoping that a missile doesn't land on him. Zakia hasn't got a permit from the military authorities to get to the swimming pool. They are athletes belonging to the Palestinian team who leave Jericho in July 2008 to take part in the Beijing Olympic games. Inshallah, God willing. Because a lot of difficulties must be overcome before reaching China. First and foremost, the difficulty in competing for a country that doesn't exist yet – Palestine – and that doesn't have the means to support its athletes. It won't be easy to adapt because the war is not just at home: the athletes carry it inside them. Getting to Beijing is already a victory.

Credits

Director: Francesco Cannito
 Luca Cusani
Screenplay: Michela Sechi
Sound: Luca Bossi
 Mauro Magnani

Company / Institution

Ethnicity and locality

Etnic group: Chinese
 Palestinian
Continent: Near East
Country: Israel - il
Location
 (City, village, region, mountains, etc.): Jericho

Tipology

Type: non-fiction film
Form: documentary film

Related sciences

Social science: politology

Keyword: identity
 sport