Precious Life
Chaim Yakarim
Israel
2010
82 Min
Color
Arabic, Hebrew
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With the help of a prominent Israeli journalist, Precious Life chronicles the struggle of an Israeli pediatrician and a Palestinian mother to get treatment for her baby, who suffers from an incurable genetic disease. Each must face their most profound biases as they inch towards a possible friendship in an impossible reality. —TIFF
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Edward Copeland
5May11
The Mideast conflict hovers in the background as an Israeli doctor struggles to save a Palestinian baby born without an immune system. http://eddieonfilm.blogspot.com/2011/05/ability-to-forget-is-gift-from-god.html
Matthew_Lucas
30Dec10
A moving doc about a Palestinian boy whose life depends on an operation in an Israeli hospital. Takes a complex look at Arab/Jewish relations using this family's struggle as a microcosm and ray of hope. It's touching without being cloying, and surprisingly emotionally complex.
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