NR | 1h 41min | Drama, Comedy | 3 February 2023 (Israel)
Not quite as good as his similarly themed “The Band’s Visit” from 2007, director Eran Kolirin’s “Let It Be Morning” (“LIBM”) offers a subtler take on the multimillennia-old Arab-Israeli conflict.
Set in a remote, unspecified West Bank Israeli town that has seen better days, “LIBM” is presented from the perspective of Sami (Alex Bakri, a taller, Mediterranean version of Ryan Gosling), a favorite son who left years ago and found success as a technologies executive in Jerusalem. Everyone in the village loves Sami or, at least, what they believe he’s achieved.
When Doves Don’t Fly
Sami has returned home with his wife, Mira (a spectacular Juna Suleiman), and child in tow to attend the wedding of his younger brother Aziz. …