Detained
2001, Hebrew. Directed by Anat Even & Ada Ushpiz.
Najwa, Nawal, and Siham, three Palestinian widows, live with their 11 children in a house on Shuhada Street in Hebron. Their house lies on the border; the façade is under Israeli occupation, the Palestinian Authority controls the back. At the entrance to the house is a military post; on the roof the Israeli army has placed a watch point over Palestinian Hebron. The three women, trapped in the middle and constantly surrounded by Israeli soldiers, carry on their difficult lives in a perverse situation: the occupation becomes a routine, the absurd becomes a given. This is the story of an occupation that extends to the staircase and the roof of the house, where it encounters poverty, loneliness, pain, but also the small joys of everyday life. This is an internal prison, the external one is the ongoing occupation.
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- 1h 13m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Hebrew
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- 22 February 2001
- Original title
- אסורות
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Detained runs 73 minutes (1h 13m).
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Detained isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 22 February 2001. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Detained?
Detained (2001) was directed by Anat Even and Ada Ushpiz.