Precious Life

Name: Precious Life
Genre: Documentary
Released: TODO_MISSING
Rating: 100

2010, Documentary, 1h 27m

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Movie Info

A prominent Israeli journalist documents the struggle of an Israeli pediatrician and a Palestinian mother as they try to get treatment for her baby who suffers from an incurable genetic disease.

Genre:

Documentary
Original Language:

Hebrew
Director:

Shlomi Eldar
Producer:

Ehud Bleiberg, Yoav Ze'evi
Writer:

Shlomi Eldar
Release Date (Theaters):

May 5, 2011 original
Release Date (Streaming):

Feb 22, 2011
Runtime:

1h 27m

Cast & Crew

Shlomi Eldar
Director

Shlomi Eldar
Screenwriter

Ehud Bleiberg
Producer

Yoav Ze'evi
Producer

Yehuda Poliker
Original Music

Shlomi Eldar
Cinematography

Critic Reviews for Precious Life

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Full Review… David Stratton At the Movies (Australia)

Full Review… Stephen Cole Globe and Mail

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Audience Reviews for Precious Life

Jan 07, 2011

Beautiful film that provides the strange complications of the Arab Israeli conflict. Israeli doctors fight to raise money for treatment for a young Palestinian boy with an auto immune deficiency. The funding is provided by a person whose son has been killed by a suicide bomber. The mother holds open the possibility that the boy himself may end up as a suicide bomber. Complicated and not easy to comprehend.

John B Super Reviewer
Dec 28, 2010

Fascinating and moving documentary about a Palestinian baby in need of a life-saving operation, whose only hope lies in an expensive treatment in an Israeli hospital. Starts as a heartwarming tale of enemies setting aside their differences to save a life, and becomes something infinitely more complex, as the Jewish filmmaker realizes the mother's desire for her son to become a martyr - to die for the Muslim cause to retake Jerusalem. A powerful and insightful real life drama.

Matthew L Super Reviewer