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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • SundanceTV
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • SundanceTV
  • 1 h 30 m
The Imperialists Are Still Alive!

Summary A successful visual artist working in post-9/11 Manhattan, Asya lives the life of the hip and glamorous, replete with exclusive art parties, supermodels, and stretch limousines while she carefully follows the situation in the Middle East on television. Asya learns that her childhood friend, Faisal, has disappeared-the victim of a purport...

Directed By: Zeina Durra

Written By: Zeina Durra

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • SundanceTV
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • SundanceTV
  • 1 h 30 m

The Imperialists Are Still Alive!

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary A successful visual artist working in post-9/11 Manhattan, Asya lives the life of the hip and glamorous, replete with exclusive art parties, supermodels, and stretch limousines while she carefully follows the situation in the Middle East on television. Asya learns that her childhood friend, Faisal, has disappeared-the victim of a purport...

Directed By: Zeina Durra

Written By: Zeina Durra

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Mixed
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91
Apr 16, 2011
The first-time director's refreshingly credible portrait of a boho character with Middle Eastern origins rectifies the aforementioned canonical gap in a witty, naturalistic generational snapshot.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
67
Apr 14, 2011
The film is ultimately more interesting than engaging; Durra doesn't yet have a grasp of the simultaneous warmth and needle-sharp satirical sense that infuse Stillman's films.
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Apr 14, 2011
If The Imperialists Are Still Alive! doesn't go much of anywhere despite its peripatetic characters, that stasis seems intentional.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 1, 2011
The film is fresh and funny, but it is also meandering, at times vague and defiantly uncommercial.
By Kirk Honeycutt FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 15, 2011
Godardian title not withstanding, Zeina Durra's not-uninteresting slice of the downtown Manhattan demimonde is too concerned with being cool to work up much in the way of political outrage, much less narrative drive.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Corniche Media, Double Hope Films, Goldcrest Films NYC, Hi, Jack Films, Tax Credit Finance
Release Date Apr 22, 2011
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://theimperialistsarestillalive.com/
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Awards

San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Warsaw International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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