Paradise Now
(Palestine/Netherlands/Israel/Germany/France, 2005, 92 minutes)
The last 48 hours in the life of two Palestinian suicide bombers assigned to a Telaviv bombing. Challenging melodrama drawn from contemporary headlines that refuses to choose sides and is suffused with a black, absurd humour that lightens its dramatic approach.
An Augustus Film/Lama Films/Razor Film/Lumen Films/Hazazah Film/ARTE France Cinéma production, with the support of Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Eurimages, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and World Cinema Fund. Starring Lubna Azabal, Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Amer Hlehel, Hiam Abbass, Ashraf Barhoum. Directed by Hany Abu-Assad; produced by Hengameh Panahi, Amir Harel, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul and Bero Beyer; written by Hany Abu-Assad and Bero Beyer; director of photography, Antoine Heberlé; production designer, Olivier Meidinger; costume designer, Walid Ma'wed; film editor, Sander Vos.
The last 48 hours in the life of two Palestinian suicide bombers assigned to a Telaviv bombing. Challenging melodrama drawn from contemporary headlines that refuses to choose sides and is suffused with a black, absurd humour that lightens its dramatic approach.
An Augustus Film/Lama Films/Razor Film/Lumen Films/Hazazah Film/ARTE France Cinéma production, with the support of Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Eurimages, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and World Cinema Fund. Starring Lubna Azabal, Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Amer Hlehel, Hiam Abbass, Ashraf Barhoum. Directed by Hany Abu-Assad; produced by Hengameh Panahi, Amir Harel, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul and Bero Beyer; written by Hany Abu-Assad and Bero Beyer; director of photography, Antoine Heberlé; production designer, Olivier Meidinger; costume designer, Walid Ma'wed; film editor, Sander Vos.
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