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9 Star Hotel(Malon 9 Kochavim)

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Israel · 2007
1h 18m
Director Ido Haar
Starring
Genre Documentary

A documentary following workers in Israel’s occupied territories who work illegally as construction laborers, taking incredibly taxing and threatening journeys to just find a place where employment is available to them. Director Ido Haar uses immersive handheld photography to evoke the desperate circumstances that many Palestinians live under Israeli occupation.

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Village Voice by

Like all good political documentaries, 9 Star Hotel is more anthropology than agitprop, a portrait of life among the young, poorly educated men who are caught between Israeli exploitation and Palestinian Authority corruption.

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The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis

By ignoring Israeli voices and focusing only on the immigrants, Mr. Haar has produced a documentary filled with immediacy but free of analysis, a fascinating but ultimately unenlightening record of their plight.

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TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

In the end, Haar's powerful and terribly sad film speaks volumes, not just about life in contemporary Israel, but in the U.S. as well.

70

Variety by Ronnie Scheib

In dangerous and downright cruddy conditions, the personable Palestinians share stories, lodgings and camaraderie with the young Israeli filmmaker, whose handheld camera follows them everywhere.

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