Lifta, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, is the only Arab village abandoned in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that has not been completely destroyed or repopulated by Jews. Its ruins are now threatened by an Israeli development plan that would convert it into an upscale Jewish neighborhood. Filmmaker Menachem Daum – an Orthodox Jew from Brooklyn – sets out to discover the story behind the headlines.
The Ruins of Lifta has generally received mixed reviews.
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By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 26 Oct 2016
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The Ruins of Lifta was released in 2016 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 4 reviews, giving The Ruins of Lifta (2016) an average rating of 47%.
With a score of 47%, The Ruins of Lifta is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2016, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2016 with similar scores include films like 31, The 5th Wave and The Boss.
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