Cosign Research

Exclusive production shots from “Miral”, the new film by Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Basquiat) staring Willem Dafoe and Freida Pinte shot on location in Jerusalem. Here, we see 1st AD Sebastián Silva (Babel, Titanic) directing the extras on a controlled set in the heart of Jerusalem as Willem Dafoe (playing Eddie) walks up to an old building and distinguished DP Eric Gautier (Taking Woodstock, Intro The Wild) shoots a long crane shot.

Miral tells the story of Hind Husseini’s (Hiam Abbass) effort to establish an orphanage in Jerusalem after the 1948 partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel. It is set for release in 2010 by Pathé Films (pathe.co.uk/)