Discussion and light reception to follow film.

Director/Writer: Shlomi Eldar

USA | Israel | 2010 | Hebrew | Arabic | English | English Subtitles | 90 MIN

Awards: Best Documentary – Awards of the Israeli Film Academy, Nominated for Golden Alhambra – Granada Film Festival, Nominated for John Schlesinger Award – Palm Springs International Film Festival

Synopsis

With the help of a prominent Israeli journalist, Precious Life chronicles the struggle of an Israeli pediatrician to convince a Palestinian mother to allow him to treat her baby who suffers from an incurable genetic disease. Each must face their most profound biases as they inch towards possible friendship in an impossible reality.

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