3 Movies Starring Abdallah El Akal

Strangers

Strangers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-05-29

Languages:

English, French, Hebrew, Arabic, German

Countries:

Israel, France

Runtime:

80 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (351 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

6 days in the lives of Eyal , an Israeli living in a kibbutz, and Rana , a Palestinian living in Paris, which starts with an accidental meeting in the Berlin Subway during the World cup finals, will change them completely. Eyal, who came to meet his accidental girlfriend, and Rana who came to cheer the French team, are forced to share as apartment and spend three intensive days together. As the final match approaches, their relationship tightens and they fall in love. Towards the final game, Rana is forced to leave Eyal who remains in Berlin on his own. Things get complicated as the Israel-Lebanon war breaks, and Eyal full of hope, decides to search for Rana, in spite of it all. An intimate encounter of two strangers in a strange city during World Cup and the second Israel-Lebanon war. A Story that touch's the profound wounds, created by years of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, of a young generation asking to reconnect and even reconcile.

Strangers

Strangers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-05-29

Languages:

English, French, Hebrew, Arabic, German

Countries:

Israel, France

Runtime:

80 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (354 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

6 days in the lives of Eyal , an Israeli living in a kibbutz, and Rana , a Palestinian living in Paris, which starts with an accidental meeting in the Berlin Subway during the World cup finals, will change them completely. Eyal, who came to meet his accidental girlfriend, and Rana who came to cheer the French team, are forced to share as apartment and spend three intensive days together. As the final match approaches, their relationship tightens and they fall in love. Towards the final game, Rana is forced to leave Eyal who remains in Berlin on his own. Things get complicated as the Israel-Lebanon war breaks, and Eyal full of hope, decides to search for Rana, in spite of it all. An intimate encounter of two strangers in a strange city during World Cup and the second Israel-Lebanon war. A Story that touch's the profound wounds, created by years of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, of a young generation asking to reconnect and even reconcile.

Zaytoun

Zaytoun

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-09-20

Languages:

English, Arabic, Hebrew

Countries:

UK, Israel, France

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (1122 Reviews)

Director:

Eran Riklis

Fullplot:

Beirut, 1982: a young Palestinian refugee helps an Israeli fighter pilot escape from PLO captivity because he wants to visit his ancestral family home. En route through war-torn Lebanon their relationship develops into a close bond.

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