In Saverio Costanzo’s Private, Mohammed, a Palestinian teacher, lives with his family in an isolated house in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. When violence erupts near their house, Mohammed refuses to evacuate, despite the fears of his wife, Samia. Israeli soldiers occupy the residence's top floor, confining the family to a few downstairs rooms in daytime and a single room at night, and arousing the hatred of their son Yusef and of their daughter Mariam, who spies on the men. Despite being given freedom to leave, Mohammed refuses to abandon the family home, instead opting for trying to keep his family together until the Israeli soldiers move on.