Set seven days before the creation of the state of Israel in May 1948, a small rusted ship, with a group of concentration camp survivors from Shoah, is received at the new territory with open hostility. They are met by British troops, who are shooting at them, and are trying to forbid them from disembarking. As well, the survivors are met with guns blasts being shot by the Jewish secret army, who has come to help them. Only a small group actually succeeds in landing on the small beach, where they are able to experience their first hours in Palestine. Tired and hungry, the hopeful emigrants have then to follow the Jewish forces to immediately take up arms against the Arabs. Unspoken truths from both sides explode in the violent and tragic conflict.
以上是IMDB的解释，看这部电影的时候一点都提不兴趣，豆瓣上介绍的只字片语都没有。在和朋友的短信聊天中看完了这部作品，感觉也就一般吧。可这网上一找，好家伙，2003年戛纳电影节金棕榈的提名作品，同年还有贾樟柯的“任逍遥”和加斯帕诺的“不可撤销”，而且这个导演也是赫赫有名，真是小看这部电影了。
回归到电影的本身，我觉得导演没有完全站立在以色列的主观立场上描写以色列建国的合理性，其实以色列为了建国把很多的痛苦建立到了巴勒斯坦的头上。真如影片中描述的那个巴勒斯坦的农民说的那样：无论你是像同墙铁壁般伫立在我们面前，而我们终究要把你们赶出我们的领地！就这样以色列和巴勒斯坦永远的纠葛了下去。
04年11月11日当伟大的阿拉法特在法国辞世后，我们更看不到中东的和平局面！
另：这开始的的一个女人脱光上身上了一个男人的床，我实在想不出有什么含义在里面，真是奇怪！
