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Paradise Now is a french film of genre Drama directed by Hany Abu-Assad released in USA on 28 october 2005 with Kais Nashef
Paradise Now (2005)
الجنّة الآن
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Add to a movie listParadise Now (Arabic: الجنّة الآن) is a 2005 film directed by Hany Abu-Assad about two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel. It won a Golden Globe for best foreign language film and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category.
"The film is an artistic point of view of that political issue," Abu-Assad said. "The politicians want to see it as black and white, good and evil, and art wants to see it as a human thing."
Synopsis
Paradise Now follows Palestinian childhood friends Said and Khaled who live in Nablus and have been recruited for suicide attacks in Tel Aviv. It focuses on what would be their last days together.Actors
Kais Nashef
(Said)
Ali Suliman
(Khaled)
Lubna Azabal
(Suha)
Hiam Abbass
(Said's mother)
Ashraf Barhom
(Abu Karem)
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