Name: Lipstikka
Director: Jonathan Sagall
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 2011-02-12
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Cast: Clara Khoury, Nataly Attiya, Daniel Caltagirone, Moran Rosenblatt

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Lipstikka (2011)

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Lara is Palestinian and lives in London. She has everything she wants in her life: a husband, a son and a beautiful house in one of the best areas of the city. Nevertheless, her everyday life appears cold and grey, only brightened up by surreptitious sips of vodka. But one day, Inam, a sensual, resolute girl, knocks on her door. Lara seems to be transported back to her adolescence when she and Inam were close friends, and studied together in Ramallah. In Lara's astonished eyes we see a mixture of fear and desire towards the woman whom she had lost sight of. A deceptive tangle of memories which a trauma, a love affair and an experience with two Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem an re-surface. From a gripping, well structured emotional thriller that traces back their memories through recurrent flashbacks that take us to the West Bank in 1994, during the Intifada.

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Lipstikka is a 2011 psychological drama-thriller directed by Jonathan Sagall that received mixed reviews from critics. The film traces the resurfacing of memories and a past trauma between two women in London, told through a series of flashbacks to the West Bank during the Intifada. While the film's emotional themes and nonlinear structure have been praised, its pacing and character development have been polarizing for some viewers.

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Lipstikka (2011), directed by Jonathan Sagall, is a gripping emotional thriller that blends drama and suspense as it traces the memories of two former friends through recurrent flashbacks to the West Bank in 1994 during the Intifada. The film offers a unique and layered narrative that explores themes of trauma, desire, and the complexities of identity, making it a compelling watch for fans of character-driven dramas with a cinematic style.

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Lipstikka is 2011 Israeli drama film directed by Jonathan Sagall. The film premiered In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Bear.