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MPAA Raing: PG13
Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Genres: Political Drama, Social Problem Film, Drama
Released Date: October 28, 2005 (USA
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Summary:
Said (Kais Nashef) is a young Palestinian living in Nablus, and working as a mechanic. He gets his friend Khaled (Ali Suliman) a job, but the hot-tempered and impulsive Khaled quickly loses it. Suha (Lubna Azabal), a pretty, well-traveled young woman and the daughter of a well-known "martyr," brings her car in to be fixed, and flirts with Said. He's clearly intere... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Kais Nashef - (Said)
Ali Suliman - (Khaled)
Lubna Azabal - (Suha)
Amer Hlehel - (Jamal)
Hiam Abbass - (Said's Mother)
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Review:
Paradise Now opens strong, with a wordless confrontation at a checkpoint between an Israeli soldier and a clear-eyed Palestinian woman (who turns out to be Suha [Lubna_Azabal]). In this brief, cannily shot and edited, prosaic little encounter, director Hany Abu-Assad focuses primarily on the eyes of the two characters as one tries to si... Continue >>

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