PARADISE NOW
synopsis
Filmed exclusively in Palestinian territories, the film revolves around two young Palestinian men who have been friends since childhood. They are both recruited to carry out a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. But the operation does not go according to plan and the two friends lose sight of each other. Separated from each other and left to their own devices, it’s up to them to face their destiny and stand up for their convictions.
international title: | Paradise Now |
original title: | Paradise Now |
country: | Palestine, France, Germany, Netherlands, Israel |
sales agent: | Celluloid Dreams |
year: | 2005 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Hany Abu-Assad |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | BE 7/09/2005, SA CH 7/09/2005, FI 9/09/2005, DE 29/09/2005, S/L/ ES 6/10/2005, SE 7/10/2005, TR 14/10/2005, IT 14/10/2005, GR 20/10/2005, NL 20/10/2005, HU 27/10/2005, AT 18/11/2005, NO 24/02/2006, DK 3/03/2006, CZ 30/03/2006, SK 30/03/2006, UK 7/04/2006, FR 7/09/2005 |
screenplay: | Hany Abu-Assad, Bero Beyer, Pierre Hodgson |
cast: | Lubna Azabal, Kais Nashif, Ali Suliman, Amer Hlehel, Hiam Abbass |
cinematography by: | Antoine Héberlé |
film editing: | Sander Vos |
art director: | Olivier Meidinger |
music: | Tina Sumedi |
producer: | Bero Beyer, Hengameh Panahi, Gerhard Meixner |
production: | Augustus Film, Lumen Films, Razor Film Produktion |
distributor: | A-Film Distribution, Cinelibre (BE), Frenetic Films SA (CH), Haut & Court (FR), Kamras Film (FI), Constantin Film (DE/AT), Golem Distribución S.L. (ES), NonStop Entertainment AB (SE), Medyavizyon (TR), Lucky red (IT), Prooptiki S.A (GR/ RO /Ex-Yugoslavia), Budapest Film (HU), Arthaus (NO), Camera Film (DK), Hollywood Classic Ent. (CZ/ SK), Warner Independent Pictures INC. (UK), Kino Swiat International (PL), Atalanta Filmes (PT) |