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To die in Jerusalem

To die in Jerusalem

(To die in Jerusalem), Hilla Medalia / IS - USA, 2007
English, Arabic and Hebrew / Czech subtitles, 70 min

After two 17-year old girls - one an Israeli, the other a Palestinian suicide bomber - die in a Jerusalem market, their mothers confront each other, revealing a microcosm of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the complexity of reconciliation. Through the personal stories of the two families' losses and by contrasting the lives and deaths of these two teenage girls, the film offers a unique personal human perspective that is all too often eclipsed by the political issues.