Adventure | Drama | Thriller | War
UK, Israel, Hebrew, Arabic, 2012, English, 110 minutes, color
description
Beirut, 1982. During the 1982 Lebanon War, an Israeli fighter pilot, Yoni, is shot down over Beirut and captured by the Palestine Liberation Organization. Fahed, a precocious young Palestinian refugee who is angered by the death of his father in an Israeli air attack, agrees to help Yoni escape and lead him out of the city if Yoni will get him over the border and back to his family’s ancestral village. As they embark on a hazardous road trip across the war-ravaged country, Yoni and Fahed move from suspicion and mutual antagonism to a tentative camaraderie as they make their way closer to the place they both call home.
contributors
cast Stephen Dorff, Abdallah El Akal, Ali Suliman
director Eran Riklis
producers Fred Ritzenberg, Gareth Unwin
screenwriter Nadir Rizq
cinematographer Dan Laustsen
editor Herve Schneid
summary review
The film starts out strong but devolves fairly rapidly into a sentimental, road buddy tale. Not possible as reality so best to enjoy it as a feel-good, fable of enemies growing to endure/like love each other.
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ratings
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| script/story | [rating=4] | |
| acting | [rating=8] | |
| cinematography | [rating=8] | |
| technical quality | [rating=8] | |
| afterglow | [rating=4] | |
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| Overall | [rating=6] | |
trailer
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