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Two years ago, Pinhas passed away. Pinhas was the Jewish friend of Abo Saleh, a 75 year old janitor of a Catholic high school in an Arabic village in north of Israel. Pinhas used to replace the Israeli flag which is hung on the school roof every year and since his death the flag hasn’t been touched.
The old flag becomes important to the new designated Principal when the Province Supervisor informs him that he is going to visit the school in a couple of days.
Thaer and Somod, two 12th grade students, accidentally know about the flag issue, and have a different plan for the flag: they want to hang another flag the night before the supervisor’s arrival; a flag they feel is more representative to them and to their society. Sari and Rida, Thaer’s best friends, join the secret operation.
Now the gang’s journey begins. During the next two days they will search for the representative flag, and as a result, they explore their own collective identity.
Besides Rida, who suggests a white flag, each one of the gang has a different proposal for the flag that would best represent them as a society and as a community.
While the gang is searching for the appropriate flag, the Principal and the Vice Principal are searching for the appropriate person to hang the Israeli flag on the roof in order to please the Province Supervisor.
Abu Saleh is searching for alternative ways to fix the school’s broken electronic water cooler that he knows so little about in order to please the Principal.
George, Thaer’s neighbor, is searching for youngsters who are ready to listen to the teachings of the holy bible in order to please Jesus. And Thaer’s crazy uncle, who insists on wearing the Palestinian scarf in the middle of August, is searching for garbage to throw into the bonfire he burns every day, in order to please an inner need.
Through its humorous and cynical approach, over the course of three days, the film will try to expose the reality of the place and the characters; an Israeli Palestinian Arabic community sixty years after the inception of Israel; the identity crisis, the feeling of not belonging to the country, the longing for equality, and fear of the authorities are all operating at once.
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