2007NR

9 Star Hotel

Name: 9 Star Hotel
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2007-07-22
Rating: 6.3

Documentary1h 18m

🍅70%

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70%

Tomatometer

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53%

Popcornmeter

6.3

TMDB

Storyline

Slipping through the predawn darkness over highways, through traffic and across the border, Palestinian construction workers go to work clandestinely in Israel every day. Haar's raw, handheld photography follows workers who build their own border shanty community to enter Israel more easily, with no choice but to risk their lives simply to earn a living.

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DirectorIdo Haar

ReleasedJul 22, 2007

StatusReleased

Reviews

6 reviews · 5 critics

4 fresh · 1 rotten

Bill Stamets

RTChicago Sun-TimesSep 7, 2007

A little voiceover commentary might add more than the sound of his panting.

Andrea Gronvall

RTChicago ReaderSep 7, 2007

This 2006 film heightens our sympathy for the photogenic young guys and underscores the inherent irony of their lives.

Ronnie Scheib

RTVarietyMay 25, 2007

Haar's handheld camera rawly captures the breathless scrambles and nocturnal disorientation of the fleeing Palestinians.

Louis Proyect

RTrec.arts.movies.reviewsJan 2, 2009

A documentary about the indignities suffered by undocumented Palestinian workers in Israel working on a construction site for a luxury hotel in a soulless "city of the future".

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Title

9 Star Hotel

Released

Jul 22, 2007

Rated

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 18m

Status

Released

9 Star Hotel

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