very high societal cost in the 'much too promised' land

On the one hand life goes on as though nothing were happening: there are still traffic jams, noisy markets, crowds of pedestrians, taxis, holiday celebration parties, and so forth.

On the other hand the societal cost is everywhere and is significant. There are so many suicide bombings the paramedic receptionist can't even pinpoint the right one. People who would otherwise stay put move to different apartments. Galia's life is still mostly a wreck a year later. All that medical care must be expensive. And panic attacks and hallucinations can't be good for productivity.

I'm pleased to see a film that focuses exclusively on what it feels like to an individual to be caught up in the dispute, rather than how the dispute got started or how it might be stopped. But even though it's not what this particular film is about, that question of how to stop the dispute ultimately seems pretty important.