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Movie Info

Kareem (Tamer Nafar) leads an aimless life between odd jobs and hanging out with his buddies in a crime-ridden Arab ghetto of the mixed city of Lyd. But a family tragedy brings him closer to his singer girlfriend Manar (Samar Qupty) and motivates him to do something more with his life. When Kareem and his group finally get a chance to perform in a Tel Aviv hip-hop club, the star potential of the first Arab rapper is quickly noticed.

Genre:

drama, music
Original Language:

Arabic
Director:

Udi Aloni
Producer:

Udi Aloni, Stefan Arndt, Lawrence Inglee, David Silber
Writer:

Oren Moverman, Tamer Nafar
Release Date (Theaters):

Mar 3, 2017 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 28, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA):

$9.1K
Runtime:

1h 36m
Production Co:

Blackbird Films, Metro Communications, X-Filme Creative Pool, United King Films, The Orchard

Cast & Crew

Tamer Nafar
Kareem

Samar Qupty
Manar

Salwa Nakkara
Kareem's Mother

Saeed Dassuki
Talal

Adeeb Safadi
Yousef

Tarik Kopty

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Critic Reviews for Junction 48

All Critics (9) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (2)

"Junction 48" is something worth checking out - particularly if you are a fan of Arabic hip-hop, which, now that I've seen this movie, I guess I am.

February 1, 2018 | Full Review…

Jordan Hoffman
Times of Israel
Does for the Israeli city of Lod what "8 Mile" aimed to do for the suburbs of Detroit.

March 2, 2017 | Full Review…

Ben Kenigsberg
New York Times
An immersive fictionalized portrait of an aspiring rapper struggling to find his voice amid the constant din of long-festering Arab-Israeli tensions.

March 2, 2017 | Full Review…

Michael Rechtshaffen
Los Angeles Times
While the fuzzy take-home message of peaceful coexistence is something most viewers can get behind, it is also too simplistic and banal to sustain an entire movie.

February 28, 2017 | Full Review…

Stephen Dalton
Hollywood Reporter
Issues are overly simplified and scenes are often poorly constructed (not helped by uneven editing), though Nafar is a charismatic performer.

February 28, 2017 | Full Review…

Jay Weissberg
Variety
At its best, the film demonstrates that no art is more political than that which depicts the lived experience of the oppressed with accuracy, empathy, and moral clarity.

February 27, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Keith Watson
Slant Magazine
Junction 48 demands that we allow ourselves to be swept into it...those obstacles are worth overcoming; if you do, you get a chance to experience a work whose unique way of observing current Israeli reality is what gives it validity.

January 10, 2018 | Full Review…

Uri Klein
Haaretz
The charm of the young cast, especially Nafar and Qupty, is the film's strength. When they perform, separately or together, the movie soars.

February 28, 2017 | Full Review…

Hannah Brown
Jerusalem Post
Junction 48 celebrates music as a force for expression and cultural fusion, as Kareem and his friends praise sexuality, love, and the realities of their lives in Lyd as the most profoundly political statements they can make.

February 28, 2017 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…

Lauren Humphries-Brooks
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