An intimate, and often humorous, portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh, in southern Lebanon. Based on a wealth of personal recordings, family archives, and historical footage, the film is a sensitive, and illuminating study of belonging, friendship, and family in the lives of those for whom dispossession is the norm, and yearning their daily lives.... (Full plot summary below)
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An intimate, and often humorous, portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh, in southern Lebanon. Based on a wealth of personal recordings, family archives, and historical footage, the film is a sensitive, and illuminating study of belonging, friendship, and family in the lives of those for whom dispossession is the norm, and yearning their daily lives.
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| London Evening StandardCharlotte O'SullivanA reference to the Holocaust feels awkward, but otherwise the blend of personal and political is electrifying. |
| Eye for FilmAmber WilkinsonForgetting Ain El-Heweh seems to be something the rest of the world has got good act, Fleifel's heart-felt film is a powerful reminder. |
| Total FilmAndrew LowryOffering a fascinating window into a world often distorted and oversimplified, this is informative, stimulating and moving stuff. |
| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsThe filmmaker, born in Ain al-Hilweh, Lebanon's largest camp for Palestinian refugees, presents a poignant picture of that scrapyard for hope and homeland dreams. |
| Los Angeles TimesCharles SolomonAlthough not a perfect film, "A World Not Ours" does turn faceless statistics about the plight of refugees into an immediate human tragedy. |
| Little White LiesSophie Monks KaufmanHumour is a weapon for good in this heartbreaking and harrowing documentary about life in a social and political hinterland. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawA very accomplished piece of film-making ... |
| Independent (UK)Geoffrey MacnabMahdi Fifel's poignant documentary about everyday life in Ain el-Hilweh, a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, offers a very different insight to that given in news reports. |
| Village VoiceDiana ClarkeFleifel gathers the messy detritus of everyday living, laughs at it, then shows the viewer what it means. |
| User ReviewJohn BA return to a refugee camp that the film maker grew up in shines a light on an unfortunate temporary situation that becomes permanent and how people adapt to that type of living. People spend their entire lives being trapped by circumstances. |
