When I Saw You

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When I Saw You

2012

1h 33m

Drama

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Tarek and his mother, Ghaydaa, cross the border from Palestine to Jordan along with tens of thousands of other people.

David Hughes

Empire Magazine

Jun 6, 2014

3/5

Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir's second film is slight yet significant - and, because of the situation in Syria, timely - story about a boy whose courage inspires hope among the hopeless.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Jun 5, 2014

3/5

When I Saw You perhaps comes a little close to cliche sometimes (perhaps it's impossible to watch guerrilla scenes without thinking of Woody Allen's Bananas), but there are great moments and vignettes.

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David Jenkins

Little White Lies

Jun 5, 2014

4/5

Gently comic life lessons emanate from horrific warfare in this measured and poetic mother-and-son drama.

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

Feb 13, 2024

Jacir’s vision of life led in emotional and physical limbo is filmed with care and precision by cinematographer Hélène Louvart, who has an unparalleled ability to bring a fable-esque glow to all her films.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Aug 5, 2019

A sweaty exercise in didacticism.

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D.W. Mault

CineVue

Mar 25, 2019

2/5

When I Saw You too closely resembles a Children Film Foundation treatise on a subject that deserves (and needs and demands) better treatment.

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j F

@RT31612624 Oct 23, 2023

An engaging story about a Palestinian boy trying to grow up on a refugee camp. He can be annoying, but sometimes even funny.

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Dec 8, 2016

Reasonably dull tale of Palestinian refugee life as seen through the eyes and dreams of one of its younger participants.

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Aug 1, 2014

So Emotional with the pure music breaks which well placed in scenes ...

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Jan 21, 2014

Another great movie by Annemarie Jacir! This movie does a great job shinning the light on the perspective of a boy from a refugee camp in '67. Highly recommend this movie!

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Dec 11, 2012

One of the best foreign language films of 2012.

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Sep 11, 2012

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Synopsis

Tarek and his mother, Ghaydaa, cross the border from Palestine to Jordan along with tens of thousands of other people.

Director: Annemarie Jacir
Producer: Ossama Bawardi, Maya Sanbar, Rami Yasin
Screenwriter: Annemarie Jacir
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Arabic
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 20, 2015
Runtime: 1h 33m

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