The Reports on Sarah and Saleem

A very tense, engrossing, and well-acted movie.

It's hot stuff, and Alayan handles it with the practiced skill of juggler casually flicking torches in the air.

A fascinating and unsettling look at the ramifications of marital infidelity when shone through [a] specific geopolitical prism.

The fraught relationship between Israelis and Palestinians is this tale's powerful overlay. But it's the questions it raises about personal accountability that speak to wider truths.

"The Reports on Sarah and Saleem" snaps, crackles and pops.

We never spend enough time with the characters to believe the urgency, and lushness, of their cravings.

Alayan's Jerusalem is a place where individual privacy is non-existent; where conformity is demanded for sheer survival; where any citizen who questions the establishment is immediately punished.

Reports is ultimately moving. If there's a lesson to be drawn here, it's that when a government relies upon repression, even apolitical citizens are at risk of being sucked into peril.

The film itself is a journey. [Full reviewin Spanish]

Alayan does an excellent job demonstrating the complexity of the conflict when the secrets and lies transform into a patriotic betrayal. [Full Review in Spanish]