An Italian-made angle on the Israel-Palestine conflict that's inventive, absorbing and partly based on fact. The action takes place entirely in and around the house of a Palestinian academic (Mohammed Bakri) and his family of seven, situated close to a Jewish settlement (it was actually shot in Italy). One night, without warning, the Israeli army burst in and take command of the house, but principled patriarch Bakri refuses to leave.

The wider dimension to this set-up is obviously impossible to ignore, but as well as politics, there's some effective suspense here. A daughter makes some tense forays to eavesdrop on the soldiers, allowing the Israeli side of the argument to be given a hearing though, in the end, the political balance is still tilted firmly in the Palestinians' favour.