Chronicle of a Disappearance unfolds in a series of seemingly unconnected cinematic tableaux, each of them focused on incidents or characters which seldom reappear later in the film. Among the many unrelated scenes, there is a Palestinian actress struggling to find an apartment in West Jerusalem, the owner of the Holy Land souvenir shop preparing merchandise for incoming Japanese tourists, a group of old women gossiping about their relatives, and an Israeli police van which screeches to a halt so several heavily armed soldiers can get off the car and urinate.
Elia Suleiman
as E.S.
Nazira Suleiman
as Mother
Fuad Suleiman
as Father
Ali Suliman
as The Man
Juliet Mazzawi
as The aunt
Fawaz Eilemi
as Abu Adnan
Leonid Alexeenko
as Priest
Ula Tabari
as Adan
Taha Mouhamad Ali
as The writer
Samer Azar
as Turban man
Imile Qamou
as Cafe owner
Irena Mistrakov
as Russian waitress
