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  • 2016
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2016
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 27 m

Summary As wedding festivities get underway in a Bedouin village in Southern Israel, Jalila finds herself in the awkward position of hosting her husband Suliman’s marriage to a second, much younger wife. During the celebration, Jalila stumbles across her eldest daughter Layla’s involvement with a boy from her university—a strictly forbidden liai...

Directed By: Elite Zexer

Written By: Elite Zexer

  • 2016
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2016
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 27 m

Sand Storm

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
74
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary As wedding festivities get underway in a Bedouin village in Southern Israel, Jalila finds herself in the awkward position of hosting her husband Suliman’s marriage to a second, much younger wife. During the celebration, Jalila stumbles across her eldest daughter Layla’s involvement with a boy from her university—a strictly forbidden liai...

Directed By: Elite Zexer

Written By: Elite Zexer

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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100
Oct 6, 2016
Sand Storm's great gift is that it is human, not didactic, showing not only how difficult this iron web of culture and tradition is to escape from but also how much it poisons the lives of the men who enforce it as much as the women who are victimized by it.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 28, 2016
In short, Zexer's film — scraped of sentiment but still coursing with feeling — is an ethnographic melodrama, rich in cultural specifics but also universal longings.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 15, 2020
Sand Storm builds a sense of dread into the proceedings. It’s not literal “head cut off” violence that we fear. It’s the victims getting nothing out of all this acrimony and negotiation. It’s knowing this film will never deliver “a Hollywood ending.”
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 18, 2016
Rather than proposing solutions or envisioning a tight happy ending, Sand Storm lingers in the crevices of a fascinating cultural challenge.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 18, 2016
Arab critics may lament that Israelis are telling their stories, but they won’t dispute the gritty reality on the screen.
By David D'Arcy FULL REVIEW
63
Sep 28, 2016
It’s a fairly familiar critique of patriarchy from a humanist and feminist perspective, but one put across with some very impressive filmmaking skills by a first-time director.
By Godfrey Cheshire FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 18, 2016
The lead performances have power, whereas pictorially the film is pretty rough and ordinary.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW

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6.2
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Production Company 2-Team Productions, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, Israel Film Council, Rabinovich Film Fund Cinema Project, Rotor Film
Release Date Sep 28, 2016
Duration 1 h 27 m
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Tagline Sacrificing your freedom for the benefit of the family.
Website http://www.2teamproductions.com/en/productions/completed/sandstorm/
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Awards

Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
• 6 Wins & 12 Nominations
Stockholm Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Seattle International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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