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  • 2023
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2023
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 41 m
Let It Be Morning

Summary Sami (Alex Bakri), a Palestinian-born Israeli citizen living in Jerusalem, receives an invitation to his brother’s wedding forcing him to return to the Arab village where he grew up. After the wedding finishes, with no explanation, Sami's hometown is put under a military blockade lockdown by the Israeli government. When chaos erupts over...

Directed By: Eran Kolirin

Written By: Sayed Kashua, Eran Kolirin

  • 2023
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2023
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 41 m

Let It Be Morning

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Sami (Alex Bakri), a Palestinian-born Israeli citizen living in Jerusalem, receives an invitation to his brother’s wedding forcing him to return to the Arab village where he grew up. After the wedding finishes, with no explanation, Sami's hometown is put under a military blockade lockdown by the Israeli government. When chaos erupts over...

Directed By: Eran Kolirin

Written By: Sayed Kashua, Eran Kolirin

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88
Feb 2, 2023
Let It Be Morning is a quiet film that builds to a powerful ending.
By Matt Zoller Seitz FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 2, 2023
Despite flashes of droll humor, the film builds up an undercurrent of suspense, with the prospect of violence always near. Kolirin (the movie version of “The Band’s Visit”) orchestrates the proceedings with confidence and significant subtlety, never letting political diagnoses overwhelm character.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 31, 2023
The situation of Israel’s Arab population is treated with poised satirical acidity in Let It Be Morning, a film mixing social comedy with a touch of absurdism that, though rooted in real-world conflict, has distinct echoes of Buñuel’s The Exterminating Angel.
By Jonathan Romney FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 31, 2023
This is a farce of stasis, not frenzied activity. By holding his characters literally captive — as the village is held, absurdly but violently, under siege — Kolirin forges an actual microcosm through which to examine the social and political status of Israel’s Arab community.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
75
Feb 6, 2023
Mostly gentle but occasionally turbulent comic drama, which is primarily about the ways people fail their families, friends and themselves.
By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 2, 2023
Although this well-acted film, which was Israel’s official submission for the 2022 international film Oscar, is a bit slow-going, it presents a timely, pointed, at times cleverly satirical snapshot of Israeli-Palestinian relations. It also offers an often poignant look at a dysfunctional family at the center of it all.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
65
Feb 3, 2023
Kolirin has a sense for the bleakly surreal, and an ability to balance even the darkest experiences with empathetic shades of gray. Everyone here is bound by bars of some sort, and everyone has the freedom to make certain choices within them.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Dori Media Group, Dori Media Paran, Les Films du Poisson, Israeli Film Fund, Channel 13, Mifal Hapais, CNC Aide aux cinémas du monde - Institut Français, La Région Île-de-France
Release Date Feb 3, 2023
Duration 1 h 41 m
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Website https://cohenmedia.net/product/let-it-be-morning
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Awards

Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
• 7 Wins & 14 Nominations
War on Screen International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Kerala International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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