In Vitro

At a glance

In Vitro, is a 2019 Palestinian movie, directed by Larissa Sansour and Søren Lind, and starring Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Marah Abu Srour. with a runtime of 28 minutes.

Overview

In Vitro is a Palestinian science-fiction film set in an underground orchard beneath the city of Bethlehem, decades after a catastrophic ecological disaster has reshaped the world above. Two scientists share a contemplative conversation that winds through themes of exile, irretrievable loss, and the ache of nostalgia for places and lives that no longer exist. Intimate and poetic, the film uses the language of botany and survival science as a metaphor for Palestinian displacement and the enduring longing for a homeland. A quietly powerful meditation on memory, identity, and what it means to grow roots in borrowed soil.

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