Abstract
Costa-Gavras's Hanna K. explores the political predicament of Selim Bakri, a Palestinian accused of being a 'terrorist infiltrator' by the Israeli government. Selim demonstrates the burdens of what Edward Said called the Palestinian 'permission to narrate' - the difficulties of humanizing the Palestinian experience for Western audiences often enthralled by Israeli heroism in the wake of the Holocaust. From the opening scene of the film, Costa-Gavras focuses upon the existential condition under which Palestinians live within a Jewish state. Costa-Gavras deploys editing and dialogue techniques to emphasize the difficulties attending the Palestinian's quest to gain the 'permission to narrate'. Costa-Gavras captures the predicament of the Palestinian seeking to stop asking for the permission to narrate.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | The films of Costa-Gavras |
| Subtitle of host publication | New perspectives |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press |
| Pages | 109-122 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781526146939 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781526146922 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 11 2020 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Arts and Humanities