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Hany Abu-Assad is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer born on 11 october 1961 at Nazareth (Israel)

Hany Abu-Assad

Hany Abu-Assad
Hany Abu-Assad participated to 10 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 2 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Director

Paradise Now, 1h30
Directed by Hany Abu-Assad
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, Hiam Abbass, Ashraf Barhom
Rating73% 3.697033.697033.697033.697033.69703
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.
Omar
Omar (2013)
, 1h36
Directed by Hany Abu-Assad
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Waleed Zuaiter, Doraid Liddawi, Yousef (Joe) Sweid
Rating74% 3.747423.747423.747423.747423.74742
Omar (Adam Bakri) is a Palestinian baker who frequently climbs the West Bank barrier to visit his lover Nadia (Leem Lubany), a high-school girl whom he intends to marry. After being beaten and humiliated by a group of Israeli soliders, Omar and his childhood friends Tarek (Eyad Hourani) and Amjad (Samer Bisharat) stage an attack on an Israeli checkpoint. During the attack, Amjad fires the shot that kills an Israeli soldier. Later, Omar and his friends are subsequently pursued by the Israeli authorities. During the pursuit, Omar is captured and imprisoned by the Israeli authorities. Facing a lengthy prison term, Omar is forcibly coerced by an Israeli agent named Rami (Waleed Zuaiter) into working as a double agent for the Israeli authorities. Agent Rami secures Omar's release in exchange for the latter bringing Tarek to the authorities.