Event Details
Tuesday, 27th May
.. Tuesday, 27th May
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Tuesday, 27th May
to Tuesday, 27th May
Venue:
Filmhouse, Edinburgh
(United Kingdom)
(website)
Address: 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9BZPhone: Box Office 0131 228 2688/ Recorded programme info 0131 228 2689Email: admin@filmhousecinema.com
Cabal in Kabul (Cabale à Kaboul)
Part of the
Sheffield DocFest
festival.
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Summary
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6pm
There are only two Jews left in Afghanistan, and they live in the same place: a former synagogue in Kabul. But rather than bonding together, they can’t stand each other.
The elderly Isaac lives on the ground floor and makes a living by selling amulets to his Muslim neighbours. Middle-aged Zebulon lives on the top floor and haggles with the same Afghans over his illegally produced wine. They each fight over their Jewish legitimacy and gleefully tell tales of the other’s deceit and treachery to bemused director Dan Alexe.
An entertaining portrait of the twisted relationship that dominates the smallest Jewish community on earth, Cabal in Kabul also places you directly onto the streets of today’s Afghanistan.
Dir. Dan Alexe, Belgium/France 2006, 97 mins
Tickets: £6.30/£4.70