Released Date:
1998-04-08
Languages:
Arabic, Hebrew, French, English
Countries:
Palestine, Israel, USA, Germany, France
Runtime:
88 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (358 Reviews)
Director:
Elia SuleimanGenres:
DramaReleased Date:
2013-05-29
Languages:
Arabic, Hebrew
Countries:
Lebanon, France, Qatar, Belgium
Runtime:
102 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (2607 Reviews)
Director:
Ziad DoueiriGenres:
DramaJoelle Touma
Ziad Doueiri
Yasmina Khadra (based on the novel: L'Attentat")
Dr. Amin Jaafari is an assimilated Arab surgeon who seems to have it all with a promising career with honors among the Israelis in Tel Aviv. That all changes after a devastating terrorist suicide bombing and his beloved wife, Siham, is found among the dead as the primary suspect. Although initially refusing to accept that as Shin Bet interrogates him, Amin comes to realize the allegations are true. Now, the ostracized Amin resolves to find out on his own why Siham had so strong a conviction that she kept secret from him. However, the answers prove hard to come by and the truths involved have a terrible pain of their own.
Released Date:
2009-08-12
Languages:
Arabic, Hebrew, English
Countries:
UK, Italy, Belgium, France, Palestine
Runtime:
109 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (1615 Reviews)
Director:
Elia SuleimanReleased Date:
2008-03-27
Languages:
Arabic, Hebrew, English
Countries:
Israel, Germany, France
Runtime:
106 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (4893 Reviews)
Director:
Eran RiklisGenres:
DramaSuha Arraf (screenplay)
Eran Riklis (screenplay)
Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defense minister and his wife move next door; the Secret Service orders the trees removed for security. The stoic Salma seeks assistance from the Palestinian Authority (useless), Israeli army (dismissive), and a young attorney, Ziad Daud, who takes the case; this older client attracts him. While the courts deliberate, the Israelis fence her trees and prohibit her from entering the grove. As the trees wither, the defense minister's wife and, separately, an Israeli journalist, look on Salma with sympathy. In this allegory, does David stand a chance against Goliath?
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