Nana
Synopsis
In London, Alison opens her story in conversation with her quintessentially English grandmother Kitty. In stark contrast, in Palestine Suheir approaches her grandmother Rashida with the respect due to the matriarch of 100 descendents. Fabienne is in New York, a world apart from Simone. Feeling responsible for her grandmother's imposed isolation, she goes to her in France to confront her guilt. Over in Israel, Ruti reincarnates images from her childhood where her highly spirited grandmother Blanche feeds her 'the moon'.
On one level, Nana questions the idea of 'a common destiny'. How much do we learn from our grandparents? Do we inevitably replicate them or do we simply beat our own paths in life? A many-stranded movie, Nana takes an inside look at who our grandmothers really are.
Details
- Year
- 1998
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 96 mins
- Format
- 35mm Fuji
- Director
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Fabienne Bouville, Alison King, Suheir Ishmail, Ruti Gadish
- Producer
- Alison King, Fabienne Bouville
- Director of Photography
- Alan James, Hélène Louvart, Ron Katzenelson, Kasim Abid
- Principal cast
- Kitty King, Blanche Soury, Rashida Jabir and Simone Levet
- Screen Writers
- Fabienne Bouville, Alison King, Suheir Ishmail, Ruti Gadish
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Rag Films International Ltd 3 Court Royal Carlton Drive London SW15 2BJ Tel/Fax: 020 8789 7172 E Mail: rag@dircon.co.uk
Sales Company
as Production Company Fabienne Bouville Rag Films International Ltd (North America/Canada) 262 Mott Street #506 New York NY 10012 Tel/Fax: 212 334 9341 E Mail: f6206@is6.nyu.edu
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