Directed by:
Julian SchnabelScreenplay:
Rula JebrealCinematography:
Eric GautierCast:
Hiam Abbass, Willem Dafoe, Freida Pinto, Alexander Siddig, Omar Metwally, Vanessa Redgrave, Yasmine Al Massri, Makram Khoury, Shredi Jabarin, Oz Zehavi (more)Plots(1)
The story begins in war-torn Jerusalem in 1948 when Hind Husseini (Hiam Abbass) opens an orphanage for refugee children that quickly becomes home to 2000 orphans. One of the children is seventeen year old Miral (Freida Pinto) who arrived at the orphanage 10 years earlier, following her mother’s tragic death. On the cusp of the Intifada resistance, Miral is assigned to teach at a refugee camp where she falls for a fervent political activist, Hani (Omar Metwally) and finds herself in a personal battle that mirrors the greater dilemma around her: to fight like those before her or follow Mama Hind’s defiant belief that education will pave a road to peace. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Hiam Abbass
Israel
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Willem Dafoe
USA
Best movies:
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Freida Pinto
India
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Alexander Siddig
Sudan
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Omar Metwally
USA
Vanessa Redgrave
UK
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Makram Khoury
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Shredi Jabarin
Israel
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Oz Zehavi
Israel
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Juliano Mer-Khamis
Israel
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Zohar Strauss
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Uri Gavriel
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Liron Levo
Israel
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Ruba Blal
Israel
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Loai Nofi
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Jameel Khoury
Israel
Best movies:
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Yoav Levi
Israel
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Dov Navon
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Rami Heuberger
Israel
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