A Palestinian colleague asks Mograbi to search for lost Palestine, to film the locations that used to be Palestinian and became Jewish settlements following the 1948 War. He wants only pictures of places, no interviews, just images of houses, ruins, signs of life lost. Mograbi tells the camera a third story, of his attempt to achieve the Israeli dream. This story involves the purchase of a lot in the outskirts of the city, with the intention of building a small house. As the three simultaneous birthday's approach, the film becomes an argument between its three stories, each trying to overcome the others - one taking over for a minute before being supplanted by another, like video static.
People celebrate in the streets.
In the Occupied Territories, Palestinians mark Al Nakba -the catastrophe. Fireworks light the sky. Palestinian protesters are shot dead by Israeli soldiers. Mograbi sits at home alone, and finishes the telling of the three parallel stories. A clever and fascinating film.