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Paradise Now
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Paradise Now is a 2005 drama, thriller, and crime film directed and written by Hany Abu-Assad. The movie features cast members Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, and Hiam Abbass. Its narrative is set in Nablus and Tel Aviv, focusing on the Arab–Israeli conflict and the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. The film was produced by companies including Lama Films, Augustus Film, Razor Film Produktion, ARTE France Cinéma, and Hazazah Film, with distribution handled by Warner Independent Pictures.
The film has a runtime of 90 to 91 minutes and was released in 2005. It received an assessment for the Bechdel test and holds review scores of 89%, 7.5/10, and 71/100. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film and won the European Film Award for Best Screenwriter. The production involved filming in Nablus and Tel Aviv, with an original language of Arabic.
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6.9Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
Cast
- Qais Nashif as Said
- Ali Suliman as Khaled
- Lubna Azabal as Suha
- Amer Hlehel as Jamal
- Hiam Abbass as Said's Mother
- Ashraf Barhom as Abu Karem
Themes
- individual
- friendship
- israel
- palestinian-israeli conflict
- palestine
- middle east
- muslim
- civil war
- suicide mission
- unemployment
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
24,726 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
71/100
- Year
- 2005
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 15 wins & 17 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 18th European Film Awards
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- Palestine
- Original language
- Arabic
- Main subject
- intifada
- Director
- Hany Abu-Assad
- Cast member
- Ashraf Barhom
- Narrative location
- Tel Aviv
- Filming location
- Tel Aviv
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 558219
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2005-09-29
- film editor
- Sander Vos
- title
- الجنة الآن
- distributed by
- Warner Independent Pictures
- review score
- 71/100
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