SYNOPSIS
Damiano, a news cameraman, is involuntarily barricaded inside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem during the siege of April 2002. In addition to the other journalists, priests, nuns and refugees in the church, there is also a heavily pregnant Palestinian woman.
The Palestinian woman’s child is born at the same time as the negotiations which lead to the freeing of the journalists commence. As a result of the negotiations, Damiano leaves the church and returns to his hotel.
Once in safety, Damiano he feels he must do something to save the newborn child. Thus he returns to the church. Hiding the newborn child in his camera case, he overcomes the diffidence of the Palestinians and gets the child out of the church with the help of the Franciscans friars. However outside the church, an Israeli check point is waiting for him. The Israeli soldiers starts their search…
Year: 2002
Format: TV movie 1×100′
Genre: Drama
Language: Italian
Co-production: Lux Vide, Mediatrade
Rating: 4.879.000
Share: 17.83%
Cast
| Damiano | Enrico Brignano |
| Favella | Antonello Fassari |
| Amati | Carlo Caprioli |
| Carboni | Claudio Botosso |
| Father Otman | Mohammad Bakri |
| Sister Vincenzina | Nunzia Schiano |
| Francois | J. P. Parrizi |
| Sister Consolata | Paola Giannetti |
| Valentina | Sonia Aquino |
| Mazzetti | Raffaele Vitalone |
| Capitano israeliano | Younes Megri |
| Sister | Antonella Bouchraa Ijork |
| Father Reies | Nico Fazzini |
| Lucrezia | Margot Aubrey |
crew
| Directed by | Umberto Marino |
| Subject and screenplay | Umberto Marino, Elisabetta Zincone |
| Story editor | Sara Melodia |
| Editor | Roberto Siciliano |
| Music | Marco Frisina |
| Costumes designer | Paola Marchesin |
| Production designer | Paolo Biagetti, Lorenzo D’Ambrosio |
| Director of Photography | Alessio Geslini |
| Casting Italy | Chiara Meloni |