Same River Twice

director: Effi Weiss, Amir Borenstein

original title: Deux fois le même fleuve

country: Belgium

year: 2013

running time: 110 min.

synopsis

The two filmmakers who set out in the footsteps of Scottish discover John McGregor describe their film as a road movie. In 1869, McGregor undertook a trip along the Jordan River. Where McGregor sought spiritual renewal, the filmmakers use interviews and random encounters to explore Israelis’ relationship to their homeland.

With the Jordan, Heracleitus’ famous statement about rivers could describe the various ways in which people see it. According to the filmmakers, Palestine is never mentioned in the film, and yet it flows through it like an undercurrent.

more about film

director:	Effi Weiss, Amir Borenstein
producer:	Cyril Bibas

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