2 Movies Directed by Hany Abu-Assad

Paradise Now

Paradise Now

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-11-18

Languages:

Arabic, English

Countries:

Palestine, France, Germany, Netherlands, Israel

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (18659 Reviews)

Director:

Hany Abu-Assad

Fullplot:

In Nablas on the West Bank, Said and Khaled, who have volunteered to be suicide bombers, receive word it will be tomorrow - the cell's first operation in two years. They're shaven and shorn, in black suits to pose as settlers in Tel Aviv for a wedding. Something goes wrong at the crossing, they're separated, and the action is postponed, long enough for renewed questioning of what they're about to do. Suha, the well-educated and well-traveled daughter of a martyr, challenges the action. She likes Said and has her own ideas. "Under the occupation, we're already dead," is Khaled's analysis. Fate and God's will seem to drive Said. We must be moral, argues Suha. Can minds change?

Omar

Omar

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-10-16

Languages:

Arabic, Hebrew

Countries:

Palestine

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (7833 Reviews)

Director:

Hany Abu-Assad

Fullplot:

Omar (Adam Bakri) is a Palestinian baker who routinely climbs over the separation wall to meet up with his girl Nadja (Leem Lubany). By night, he's either a freedom fighter or a terrorist -- you decide -- ready to risk his life to strike at the Israeli military with his childhood friends Tarek (Eyad Hourani) and Amjad (Samer Bisharat). Arrested after the killing of an Israeli soldier and tricked into an admission of guilt by association, he agrees to work as an informant. So begins a dangerous game-is he playing his Israeli handler (Waleed F. Zuaiter) or will he really betray his cause? And who can he trust on either side?

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