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Hanna K.

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Poster for the movie "Hanna K."

Hanna K. (1983)

100 min - Drama, The Palestinian-Zionist-Jewish conflict - 7 September 1983
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Israeli attorney Hanna Kaufman has her beliefs challenged when she is appointed to the defense of Selim Bakri. Kaufman, who was born in the United States to survivors of the Holocaust, has always accepted Israel's right to exist. But she bears witness to some of the costs of its sovereignty when she meets Bakri, a dispossessed Palestinian man facing serious criminal charges who wants the same thing as his supposed enemies: to reclaim his family home.

Director:  Costa-Gavras
Writers:  Costa-Gavras, Franco Solinas
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Beyond the Walls

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Poster for the movie "Beyond the Walls"

Beyond the Walls (1984)

103 min - Drama - 27 September 1984
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In Israel's Central Prison, the security officer is corrupt, supplying drugs and stirring the hatred between Jewish and Arab prisoners to his advantage. Uri, in for 12 years for armed robbery, and Issan, in for 50 years for PLO violence, command the respect of their cells. When the Arabs are framed for the murder of a Jewish prisoner and a young inmate commits suicide rather than lie about what happened, Uri and Issan form an unlikely partnership, leading the security block on a strike. Prison officials try to break it...

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American Assassin

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American Assassin (2017)

112 min - Action, Thriller - 14 September 2017
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Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.

Director:  Michael Cuesta
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Wajib

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Poster for the movie "Wajib"

Wajib (2017)

100 min - Drama - 20 August 2017
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After years abroad in Italy, Shadi returns to his native Nazareth. But this is no spectacular homecoming. He's back somewhat begrudgingly to honour his "wajib" (or duty) to hand out invitations to his sister's wedding with his father. The simmering tension between the two — who are often stuck in a car, more often than not in traffic — builds, exposing the sometimes-comic chasms that exist between men who live in different worlds but share an unshakable bond.

Director:  Annemarie Jacir
Writers:  Annemarie Jacir
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