Omar
A tense, gripping thriller about betrayal, suspected and real, in the Occupied Territories. Omar (Adam Bakri) is a Palestinian baker who routinely climbs over the separation wall to meet up with his girl Nadja (Leem Lubany). By night, he’s either a freedom fighter or a terrorist – you decide – ready to risk his life to strike at the Israeli military with his childhood friends Tarek (Eyad Hourani) and Amjad (Samer Bisharat). Arrested after the killing of an Israeli soldier and tricked into an admission of guilt by association, he agrees to work as an informant. So begins a dangerous game: is he playing his Israeli handler (Waleed F. Zuaiter) or will he really betray his cause? And who can he trust on either side? Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now) has made a dynamic, action-packed drama about the complex moral dilemmas and tough choices facing those on the front-lines of a conflict that shows no sign of letting up.
An Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film
Genre: Drama, Thriller/Suspense
Runtime: 98 min
Language: Arabic, Hebrew
Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Cast: Adel Abu-Lasheen, Essam Abu Aabed, Foad Abed-Eihadi
Opening at:
Royal on Feb 21st
Playhouse 7 on Feb 21st
Town Center 5 on Feb 21st









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