Paradise now
Synopsis
Khaled and Saïd are Palestinian and have been friends since childhood. They’re called up to commit a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. They volunteered for such a mission some years ago, and are now bound by a moral contract that they can’t, and don’t want to, break. They spend a final night with their families, although they are not allowed to bid them goodbye. The following day, time-bomb belts strapped around their waists, they’re driven to the border. But things don’t go according to plan.
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Director (1)
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (4)
- Co-productions : Arte France Cinéma, Lumen Films
- Foreign production company : Augustus Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Celluloid Dreams
- French distribution : Haut et Court
Full credits (9)
- Screenwriters : Hany Abu-Assad, Bero Beyer
- Director of Photography : Antoine Héberlé
- Editor : Sander Vos
- Sound Recordist : Uve Haussig
- Costume designer : Walid Maw'Ed
- Co-producer : Hengameh Panahi
- Press Attaché (film) : Laurence Granec
- Production Designer : Olivier Meidinger
- Sound Mixer : Matthias Lempert
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : The Netherlands, Germany, Israel, France
- Original French-language productions : No
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Selections (12)
Awards (1)
Berlin International Film Festival
Germany, 2005
Berlin Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards
