The Wanted 18 (2014) Poster

(2014)

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7/10
Very good
mohdnaeem-9323128 December 2023
Very good I love it as recommended by mr Bilal fadl. And focus in palsine and gaza problems thanks for this film and for all the team. Working and proud action looking for the same good and very good quality work support all our freedom and love peace people life every time you need help with the money you can do not need a good balance and money for your family money and money for money and your balance to improve work contract will pay rent money you need cash money and deposit cash deposit money ready and conditioner israeaymen deposit cash money deposit money ready to bed please send cash deposit when your payment is ready thanks again.
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9/10
The Wanted 18 are cows!
Red-1255 November 2015
The Wanted 18 (2014) was directed by Paul Cowan and Amer Shomali. It's a documentary with added footage--the 18 cows are animated.

This movie tries to bring some humor into a ghastly situation. A Palestinian village (legally) buys 18 cows from Israel. The venture is a success--the Palestinians have their own milk supply, so they no longer have to buy Israeli milk.

However, the success leads to the downfall of their project, because the Israelis decide that owning cows is illegal, and they start to hunt for them. No matter how hard you try to laugh, in the end you feel like crying. That's the reality of the situation, and it isn't pretty.

We saw this movie in the excellent Little Theatre in Rochester, NY as part of the outstanding Witness Palestine Film Series. It will work well on the small screen.
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10/10
Heart warming and heart rending
maccabill3 December 2023
A quirky film with amusing use of animations and relatable real life characters telling the unknown story of life in a Christian town on the occupied West Bank during the First Intifada. A cunning plan is hatched to enable the boycott of Israeli products, just one element in a programme of social welfare and community actions designed to enable self-sufficiency and resilience in the face of an overbearing occupation presence that determined that the cows were 'a threat to national security'. The story is recounted by those involved with humour and good grace, and you sigh wistfully at the end with regret for what could have been.
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