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
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
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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