ZAYTOUN: A must see movie!

 

Marin resident, friend and client, Fred Ritzenberg (husband of my childhood friend and go to title/escrow officer Stacey Cooper) has co-produced and co-written a feature film- ZAYTOUN. This film will will truly warm your heart. I had the pleasure of being invited to a private Saturday morning screening of ZAYTOUN at the Rafael Theater in San Rafael. Like all good films there was drama, suspense, humor and a beautiful story line. The movie is set in war torn Beirut 1982 and the story unfolds as an unlikely alliance between a twelve year-old Palestinian refugee and a shot down Israeli fighter pilot and their journey together to a place they both call home. Looking for a good movie; get your tickets early and check this one out! Here is the link for the trailer

Where you can view the film:

NYC on Sept 20th

LA on the 27th.  

It opens across the country in October.  

Mill Valley: MV Film Festival and opens in the Bay Area on October 18th.  

San Rafael: Rafael Theater starting October 18th.  

Fred will do a Q & A at early screenings.

Some key points for ZAYTOUN

• Nader Rizq worked on the script for 14 years before Fred came on as producer.
• Fred attached Eran Riklis as director because he wanted parity. A Palestinian writer and Israeli Director.
• It took three years to develop the script.
• The entire movie was shot in Israel. It takes place in Lebanon.
• Fred met Gareth Unwin at the Dubai Film Festival wherethey partnered on the film.
• Fahed was written as a 10 year old boy, but Riklis decided to make him older.
• Yoni was originally written as a pilot in his mid-twenties but when Stephen Dorff boarded the project he was made to be early thirties.
• Abdallah El Akal (Fahed) has made 27 movies.
• Produced by Oscar winner Gareth Unwin (THE KING'S SPEECH) & Fred Ritzenberg. Directed by Eran Riklis.
• It stars Stephen Dorff, Abdallah El Akal, and Alice Taglioni.

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