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Precious Life

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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.
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David Stratton At the Movies (Australia) 07/19/2011
3.5/5
The issues in this particular conflict are immensely difficult ones, but, despite the film's flaws, this is quite an inspirational story among all the bad news from that part of the world. Go to Full Review
Stephen Cole Globe and Mail 01/07/2011
3/4
The engrossing story of a Palestinian infant with a rare and deadly disease who can only be saved by a Jewish doctor in the Tel-Hashomer Hospital in Jerusalem. Go to Full Review
Joe Morgenstern Wall Street Journal 09/11/2010
An enthralling experience. Go to Full Review
Simon Foster sbs.com.au 07/24/2011
The thematic dimensions of its hostile locale are gripping, but the heart of the film belongs to a little boy. It is his struggle, and not those over borders and ideologies, that emerges as the most crucial. Go to Full Review
Cara Nash FILMINK (Australia) 07/19/2011
Eye-opening and often devastating, this documentary challenges audiences to confront and question their own biases and assumptions. Go to Full Review
Andrew L. Urban Urban Cinefile 07/15/2011
The best of man and the worst of man - side by side and face to face ... one of those stories about the human condition that gives us both hope and reason for despair Go to Full Review
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12/12/2012 As an Israeli, who got the talk to the movie maker after watching it, I relate to it (Or disagree) on so many levels. Great film. See more 07/04/2011 Cuts right to the cute little cuticles of the debate: the humans on either side of the wall. See more 03/14/2011 A beautiful movie, outstanding. See more 02/06/2011 This is a fascinating documentary on how medicine and a child's health can transcend politics and war. I found it fascinating how the filmmaker (an Israeli journalist) gradually changed through the course of the movie. He started by telling the story fairly objectively, then clearly became more and more involved emotionally in the lives of this child and family. I strongly recommend watching this film! See more 01/07/2011 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. See more 12/28/2010 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. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis 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.
Director
Shlomi Eldar
Producer
Ehud Bleiberg, Yoav Ze'evi
Screenwriter
Shlomi Eldar
Production Co
Bleiberg Entertainment
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Hebrew
Release Date (Theaters)
May 5, 2011, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 4, 2019
Runtime
1h 27m
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