Eyes of a Thief (2014)

Original title

عيون الحرامية

Directed by

Najwa Najjar

Genre

drama

Country

Palestine, Algeria, Iceland, France

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

15

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Palestinian man returns to his West Bank village after years in prison. He struggles to reconnect with his estranged daughter and confronts the painful past involving a traumatic event from 2002.

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What happens

Eyes of a Thief (Arabic: عيون الحرامية, romanized: ʿuyūn al-ḥarāmiyya) is a 2014 Palestinian drama film directed by Najwa Najjar. It is Najjar's second feature film, and is based in part on an incident that took place in Silwad in 2002. It was selected as the Palestinian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. The film is set in the West Bank. Its world premiere took place at the Ramallah Cultural Palace in Ramallah, Palestine.Best Director won at Kolkata International Film Festival, 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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