#farha

[emberphoenixisgoingtolivee]

i was watching the movie Farha and my GOD i have thoughts

Basically, Farha is a fourteen year old Palestinian girl living in a village in Palestine. The setup is like a traditional coming of age movie (obvs with cultural details, like Farha not wanting to be married orr young and to pursue education) but it COMPLETELY flips when the Nakba happens and Farha's village gets invaded.

The movie stops. Entirely. The whole setup is thrown away, and we spend most of the movie hiding with Farha in her father's storage space/hidey hole is SO fucking tragically clever, because it symbolises how so many Palestinian peoples' lives stopped after the Nakba.

There's a scene when Farha's friend says "when i grow up i want to be-" and shes LITERALLY CUT OFF BY THE SOUND OF AN EXPLOSION. SYMBOLISING HOW SO MANY PEOPLES' DREAMS WERE SHATTERED BY THE NAKBA.

It's not a satisfying story. You breathe a sigh of relief when it's over, but you don't feel like it's a good, happy, complete ending. Because it's not supposed to be. It's supposed to feel like being punched in the throat when you watch it. It's supposed to have you terrified, and heartbroken, and a little bored at times.

In other words, it perfectly reflects reality in a way dramatised, glamorised movies never do.

Ten out of fucking ten.

[disco-tropics]

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[duinlam]

“عندما أكبر، أريد أن أُصبح…” (When I grow up, I want to be…)

Farha (2021).

Directed by Darin J. Sallam.

Karam Taher

[pneumaturgo]

Sallam, D. J. (Director). (2021). Farha [Film]. Jordan.

[jujusjunk]

You should watch Farha

I want I just haven’t had the time:(

[five11boys]

Finally got around to watching Farha and oh god emotions feel like they were run over by a steamroller

[astra-the-dragon]

Is Farha (2021) antisemitic?

saw a petition calling for Netflix to remove it from their platform. so I immediately watched it. the petition itself is madness; I might go into detail on that in a later point. but I watched it, and here's my key points to take away:

does Farha show IDF soldiers, in 1948, kill a family of Palestinians for no reason, including children and a baby? yes.

is Farha antisemitic? No. it is not. Judaism is not brought into the picture at all.

is Farha a blood libel? even more so, no. some of the symbolism could be interpreted as a call for violence, but there's nothing explicit or clear. the "call", if it exists, would be against the IDF -- not Israel as a whole and certainly not Jews as a whole.

would I recommend watching Farha (2021)?

no.

because it's boring.

the acting is bad. the writing is weak. the symbolism is ham-handed. the blocking is confusing. scenes with no point or purpose drag on forever, while key elements rush past so quickly it's difficult to follow. Farha's behaviour and choices make her look stupider than a bag of rocks. every character is paper-thin and dumb.

I can and have gone on in a separate document (3581 words and counting) about how stupid and confusing this movie is.

[oldfilmsflicker]

new-to-me #363 - Farha