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Touchline

Touchline

2021Short⏱️ 15m
DramaShort
8.2
IMDB Rating
10 votes

In Haifa, 1948, Ahmad plays soccer in a local club in his town. He gets an offer to play for the Palestinian National Team after a wonderful performance in a friendly match. On his way back home, Ahmad and his two friends face sol...

Director
Mohammed Saffouri
Writers
N/A
Stars
Basil Askar, Anas Algaralleh, Mustafa Murad
Language
Arabic
Country
United States, Jordan
🎯 5
Nominations
💬 1
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

👤
Basil Askar
as Ahmed
👤
Anas Algaralleh
as Hasan
👤
Mustafa Murad
as Eliyahu
👤
Lina Abu Rezeq
as Ahmed's Mother
👤
Nibal Al Awadi
as Old Lady
👤
Faisal Al-Bdour
as Coach
👤
Mohammed Nazih Melhem
as Ibrahim Nusaibeh
👤
Saher Mahmoud
as Little Boy
👤
Shhadeh Resheq
as Soldier 1
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Ghaith Al Ashqar
as Soldier 2

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Color
Color
Filming Location
Jordan
Production
Sirius Productions, The Royal Film Commission, At Films

🎯 Categories

ArabicDramaShort

⭐ Featured Review

Uninteresting
by luli-273132023-02-06
1/10

"I was actually excited about this one at first but it turned up to be one of the most boring things I have ever watched... a complete stinker........ devoid of any kind of creativity, the writing is really weak.. bad acting, stilted dialogue, poor directing.. full of clichés and everything was just predictable... it felt more like a school project... I expect a movie about the Palestinian cause to be much less shallow than this.. obviously the filmmakers needed to do more in depth research and read more about the Nakba or maybe simply think of different ways to address a western audience about..."

💡 Did You Know?

Touchline has received "The Jury Prize" from "The Franco Arab Film Festival" in Amman under the category of "Short Fiction Films". The festival was held in August 2021.

📖 Synopsis

In Haifa, 1948, Ahmad plays soccer in a local club in his town. He gets an offer to play for the Palestinian National Team after a wonderful performance in a friendly match. On his way back home, Ahmad and his two friends face sol...