71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Paradise Now

Hany Abu-Assad
Holland - Israel - Germany - France
Synopsis
Two young volunteers prepare a suicide bombing on Palestinian soil that they have to carry out in Israel. One of them has a girlfriend, the daughter of a hero in the resistance, who tries to dissuade them. A depressingly topical story that looks at the conflict from the inside and reveals how the director sincerely aims to provide a lucid objective analysis of the situation, even though this will inevitably prove to be controversial. The film sparked off a wide variety of reactions at the latest Berlin Film Festival.
Director
Hany Abu-Assad
Screenplay
Hany Abu-Assad, Bero Beyer, Pierre Hodgson
Photography
Antoine Heberlé
Cast
Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal
Running Time
90 m.
Country
Holland - Israel - Germany - France
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