Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
Director:
Hany Abu-Assad
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Title: Paradise Now (2005)
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Cast
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| Lubna Azabal | ... | Suha | |
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Hamza Abu-Aiaash | ... | Checkpoint Soldier |
| Kais Nashif | ... | Said | |
| Lutuf Nouasser | ... | Car Owner (as Lotuf Neusser) | |
| Ali Suliman | ... | Khaled | |
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Mohammad Bustami | ... | Abu-Salim |
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Ahmad Fares | ... | Tea Boy |
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Waleed On-Allah | ... | Taxidriver Suha |
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Asaad Dwikat | ... | Shawarma Shop Owner |
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Imad Saber | ... | Shawarma Customer |
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Mohammad Kosa | ... | Photographer |
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Amer Hlehel | ... | Jamal |
| Hiam Abbass | ... | Said's Mother | |
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Nour Abd El-Hadi | ... | Said's Sister |
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Amjad Al-Imlah | ... | Said's Brother |
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Palestinians Said and Khaled, now in young adulthood, have been lifelong friends living in Nablus in the West Bank. They have both had what they consider a difficult life, now working side-by-side in unfulfilling jobs as auto mechanics in a small garage, being unfulfilling as difficult as the jobs were to get. Those difficult lives includes feeling like they are prisoners in the West Bank, Said who has only left the region once on a medical issue when he was six. They blame all their problems on the oppression by the Israelis. As such, they have volunteered and have been accepted by a Palestinian resistance group to carry out a suicide bombing mission in Tel Aviv: after the initial response to the first bomb, the second bomb would be detonated at the same site. Following the bombing, the resistance group would release pre-taped video messages of Said and Khaled confessing to the bombing in the name of God. The mission would require Said and Khaled to cross "illegally" into Israel. ... Written by Huggo
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In the next 36 hours, two childhood friends may do the unthinkable. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material and brief strong language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Jina Sumedi wrote an original score for the film that ultimately was not used. See more »Goofs
When Khaled makes his speech for the second time, two of the people watching him are eating pitta. The man with the purple T-shirt is holding the pitta with his right hand in one shot, with his left in the next. See more »Quotes
Said's Mother: [to her son talking with his mouth full] Turn off that radio in your mouth.See more »
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Release Date:
18 November 2005 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$48,023, 30 October 2005Gross USA:
$1,457,843Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$3,579,902Company Credits
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Paradise Now is an authentic film that poetically deals with one of the most prickly and difficult issues facing the world today. It is a natural and elegant film, which leaves you thinking and feeling in ways you did not expect. For those who say that such a movie should not be shown, or that there is no value in pondering such topics from this viewpoint - my response is that open awareness and the exchange of ideas is the beginning of a solution. You cannot suppress reality, or freedom of speech and expression. This film vividly demonstrates that life is not black and white - we live in shades of gray. This is a perspective that should be seen, and deserves to be shown.