Mohammad Bakri, a craggily handsome middle-aged Arab, who is one of the most familiar and striking presences in the Israeli cinema, has one of his best roles in "Private." He plays Mohammad B., a teacher who lives with his wife and five children in a spacious, spartan house in the countryside halfway between a Palestinian village and an Israeli settlement, which puts it right smack in the middle of potential crossfire.
An appropriately and deliberately gritty, drab-looking and edgy picture, "Private" is actually an Italian production, inspired by a real incident. It was directed and co-written by Saverio Costanzo and shot in Calabria rather than Israel because of security reasons. Perhaps inevitably bleak and grueling, "Private" is also involving and provocative — and critical of Israeli treatment of Palestinians in an effectively understated manner.
Rip Specs
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Runtime ............................................: 1:28:39
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FPS .................................................: 25.000
Video Bitrate ...................................: 935 kb/s
Bits per Pixel ...................................: 0.192 bpp
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Audio Codec ...................................: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Sample Rate ...................................: 48000 Hz
Audio Bitrate ...................................: 153 kb/s [2 channel(s)] VBR
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IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420090/
Spoken Languages and Subtitles
Arabic, Hebrew, English audio - one channel
English, French, Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese subtitles (srt)
Saverio Costanzo - Private (2004)