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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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