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OMAR

Director:

  Hany Abu-Assad
  

Year Released:

  2013

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4 out of 5

3.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Adam Bakri
  Samer Bisharat
  Eyad Hourani
  Leem Lubany
  Waleed F. Zuaiter
Movie Haiku:Omar (Bakri) is a young Palestinian at the edge of manhood: does he want to be a "Freedom Fighter" (which in context means be "one of the guys") or does he want to marry Nadja (Lubany) & settle down? Conflicts prove useful to an Israeli policeman (Zuaiter) who tricks Omar into becoming an informant... or does he? Emotional drama of conflicting loyalties works great but the "police procedural" has holes.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  Yes

Haiku Posted:

  2014