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Abu-Assad said of this scene: “The scene catches the heart of the film's idea by simultaneously breaking down the martyrdom-heroism as well as the monster-evil and making it human. And humans are often quite banal, but also funny and emotional. In real life there often is comedy in the most tragic moments.”.
Hany Abu-Assad’s latest film Paradise Now made its debut in February at The Berlinale, the annual festival of international film in Berlin. A French-German-Dutch coproduction, the controversial picture recounts twenty-seven hours in the lives of Said (Kais Nashef) and Khaled (Ali Suliman), two childhood friends turned would-be suicide bombers, as they prepare to carry out a mission in Tel Aviv.
Following the success of Paradise Now, Abu-Assad moved to Hollywood to begin work with DViant Films on his next feature, L.A. Cairo, a tragedy-comedy about the Arab-American dream. INFLUENCES AND CONTRIBUTIONS. Abu-Assad claims that he is a filmmaker, not a politician.
Feb 21, 2014 · As with 2005’s “Paradise Now,” Abu-Assad’s critically praised but much debated film about suicide bombers, the writer-director does not make it easy to choose sides. Violence is meted out ...
Eschewing the psychological cul-de-sacs of ideology, Paradise Now favors a nuanced look at the social complexities that lead two friends to be recruited as suicide bombers. West Bank locations lend authenticity, as Hany Abu-Assad deftly strikes a balance between compassion and white-knuckle tension.
Oct 28, 2005 · When they are intercepted at the Israeli border and separated from their handlers, a young woman who discovers their plan causes them to reconsider their actions. Director: Hany Abu-Assad. Producer: Bero Beyer, Hengameh Panahi, Amir Harel, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul. Writer: Hany Abu-Assad, Bero Beyer. Cast:
It belongs to Hany Abu-Assad, filmmaker. The second story belongs to Saïd, one of the protagonists of Paradise Now, a character in the screenplay written by Abu-Assad and his producer Bero Beyer. Saïd works in a dead-end job together with his best friend Khaled, labouring in an automobile salvage yard that’s part dump, part repair shop.
