Dir.: Ali Nassar; Script: Ali Nassar, Ghalib Sha'ath; Phot.: Amnon Salomon; Ed.: Era Lapid, Tova Asher; Mus.: Nahum Haiman; Cast: Muhammed Bakri, Suheil Haddad, Makram Khoury, Yusef Abu Warda, Salim Dhau, Mihaela Mitrachi, Mahmoud Abu Gazi, Ahmed Abu-Saloom; Prod.: Ali Nassar, Sanabel Productions; Sales: Cinephil, Philippa Kowarsky Productions Ltd., 16 Mikve Israel St., Tel Aviv 65115 (Israël), tél.: 972-3-566-4129, fax: 972-3-560-1436 .

Mabruc, who lost his parents near the Lebanese border when the inhabitants of his Arab village in the Galilee were forced to leave their homes during the 1948 war, has grown up alone, dependent on the kindness of others and on handouts from acting as the Village Fool. Mabruc secretly loves Jemileh, a girl who has also been marked by what she experienced in 1948. The village is ruled with an iron hand by the Mukhtar, who collaborates with the government. Most of the villagers are weary of power struggles and acquiesce to his regime but some remain bitter and resentful. Most prominent among the latter is Mahmoud, an odd character who publicly defies the Mukhtar. When the Mukhtar's son Mohammed is killed, Mahmoud is assumed to be responsible and he is forced to flee the village in fear of the Mukhtar's wrath. Mabruc is despondent. Without Mahmoud, life for Mabruc isn't worth living. He attempts suicide but fails. Finally he sets out into the mountains to find Mahmoud. He persuades Mahmoud to return to the village and confront the Mukhtar...