Plot
A young Palestinian freedom fighter agrees to work as an informant after he's tricked into an admission of guilt by association in the wake of an Israeli soldier's killing.
Release Year: 2013
Rating: 7.7/10 (1,201 voted)
Director:Hany Abu-Assad
Storyline
Omar (Adam Bakri) is a Palestinian baker who routinely climbs over the separation wall to meet up with his girl Nadja (Leem Lubany). By night, he's either a freedom fighter or a terrorist -- you decide -- ready to risk his life to strike at the Israeli military with his childhood friends Tarek (Eyad Hourani) and Amjad (Samer Bisharat). Arrested after the killing of an Israeli soldier and tricked into an admission of guilt by association, he agrees to work as an informant. So begins a dangerous game-is he playing his Israeli handler (Waleed F. Zuaiter) or will he really betray his cause? And who can he trust on either side?
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Filming Locations: Nazareth, Israel
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Official submission of Palestine to the Oscars 2014 best foreign language film category. See more »
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Rating: 9/10
In places like the West Bank truth is the first casualty. This
fictional tale takes real life tensions and offers very believable
characters to make that point.
The 3 friends (Omar, Tarek & Amjad) plus the sister Nadia are
constantly kept off balance by the political tensions that come from
living in Palestine.
The director manages to add just enough warmth and naturalness to the
various story loops to keep us on side with the lead characters.
The Israeli lead protagonist (Rami) has clearly read Machievelli's the
Prince. He uses half truth, insinuation and educated guesses to rattle
Omar and his friends.
Just when you think you know what is going to happen it all changes.
This is a great movie. I saw it at a film festival but I hope it goes
on to wider release.
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