Paradise Now (2005)

Directed by

Hany Abu-Assad

Genre

drama film, crime film, thriller film

Country

Occupied Palestinian territories, Palestine, Israel, Germany

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 285 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two Palestinian men spend their last hours preparing for a suicide mission in Israel. The film follows their personal struggles and the political pressures that led them to this point.

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What happens

Paradise Now (Arabic: الجنّة الآن, romanized: al-Janna al-Laan) is a 2005 psychological drama film directed by Hany Abu-Assad. It follows the story of two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel. The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and received an Academy Award nomination in the same category. According to Abu-Assad, "The film is an artistic point of view of that political issue. The politicians want to see it as black and white, good and evil, and art wants to see it as a human thing." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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