Border-crossing Arabic romance based around the Palestinian wall that separates Omar, a rebellious resistance fighter, from his love,...
Border-crossing Arabic romance based around the Palestinian wall that separates Omar, a rebellious resistance fighter, from his love, Nadia. Special Jury Prize winner at Cannes 2013 and nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2014 Oscars.
"Omar is accustomed to dodging surveillance bullets to cross the separation wall to visit his secret love Nadia. But occupied Palestine knows neither simple love nor clear-cut war. On the other side of the wall, the sensitive young baker Omar becomes a freedom fighter who must face painful choices about life and manhood. When Omar is captured after a deadly act of resistance, he falls into a cat-and-mouse game with the military police. Suspicion and betrayal jeopardize his longtime trust with accomplices and childhood friends Amjad and Tarek, Nadia’s militant brother. Omar’s feelings quickly become as torn apart as the Palestinian landscape. But it’s soon evident that everything he does is for his love of Nadia." (Cannes Film Festival)
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- Award winner
- Winner of Un Certain Regard - Special Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival 2013.
- Rating
- R16, Violence, offensive language
- Runtime
- 96
- Genre
- Drama, Romance
- Country of origin
- Palestine