| Inheritance | |
| Producer: | Arik Bernstein David Silber Nicolas Blanc Ender Sevim Faruk Özerten |
| Starring: | Hafsia Herzi Hiam Abbass Tom Payne |
| Music: | Loik Dury |
| Cinematography: | Antoine Heberlé |
| Editing: | Guy Lecorne |
| Distributor: | Diaphana Films (France) |
| Runtime: | 88 minutes |
| Country: | Israel France Turkey |
| Language: | Hebrew French Arabic English |
Inheritance (French: '''Héritage''') is a 2012 drama film directed by and starring Hiam Abbass in her feature film directorial debut. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival and Haifa International Film Festival.
A Palestinian family living in a small Muslim village in Galilee gathers to celebrate the wedding of one of their daughters, as war rages between Israel and Lebanon. Its many members symbolise a community struggling to maintain its identity, torn between modernity and tradition. In the midst of it all is a forbidden love story between the youngest daughter, Hajar (Hafsia Herzi), who has returned from studying abroad, and her Christian lover (Tom Payne). When their father falls into a coma and inches toward death, internal conflicts explode and the familial battles become as merciless as the outside war.
Abbass has stated: "Generally, when you are speaking about Palestinians, you think of them in Ramallah, or the refugees in Syria. Instead I wanted to tell this important part of society: the Palestinians of Israel, who feel partially excluded from the country in which they live, which is why they try and preserve their identity through a strong family structure which makes them feel at home."[1]