David & Fatima (2008)
- Directed by
- Alain Zaloum
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An Israeli man and a Palestinian woman meet in Jerusalem and fall in love. Their families and the larger conflict around them stand in the way of their relationship.
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What happens
David & Fatima is a 2008 drama film about a Palestinian woman and Israeli man from Jerusalem who fall in love. The film is a retelling of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, and was directed by Alain Zaloum, and stars Cameron Van Hoy, Danielle Pollack, Merik Tadros, Anthony Batarse, Ismail Kanater, Sasha Knopf, John Bryant Davila, Ben Kermode, Allan Kolman, Tony Curtis and Martin Landau. This was Tony Curtis's last film. The film encourages Arab—Israeli peace. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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