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  • 2006
  • Arab Film Distribution
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2006
  • Arab Film Distribution
  • 1 h 37 m
The Color of Olives

Summary From Mexican director Carolina Rivas and cinematographer Daoud Sarhandi comes this elegant and visually breathtaking new film about the Palestinian experience. The Color of Olives is an artistic and beautifully affecting reflection on the effects of racial segregation, the meaning of borders and the absurdity of war. (Arab Film Distribu...

Directed By: Carolina Rivas

Written By: Carolina Rivas

  • 2006
  • Arab Film Distribution
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2006
  • Arab Film Distribution
  • 1 h 37 m

The Color of Olives

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Summary From Mexican director Carolina Rivas and cinematographer Daoud Sarhandi comes this elegant and visually breathtaking new film about the Palestinian experience. The Color of Olives is an artistic and beautifully affecting reflection on the effects of racial segregation, the meaning of borders and the absurdity of war. (Arab Film Distribu...

Directed By: Carolina Rivas

Written By: Carolina Rivas

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Using only natural light, Ms. Rivas and Mr. Sarhandi frame everything with an artistry that belies the difficulty of their working conditions, creating a film as unhurried and dignified as the Amer family itself.
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Mexican helmer Carolina Rivas obviously intends her slow-paced and contemplative doc as a testimony to the indomitability of the human spirit under dire circumstances.
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The Color of Olives attempts to reach the political through the mundane, documenting blocks of lost time as the family lazes in front of wire fences, but director Carolina Rivas aestheticizes the Amers' plight, using them as actors for her tone poem on displacement.
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Production Company Primavera Kin
Release Date Jul 12, 2006
Duration 1 h 37 m
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Tagline A story of everyday life in Palestine.
Website http://www.thecolourofolives.com/
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Awards

Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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