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Feb 21, 2014 · Hany Abu-Assad. This is a thriller and a romance, with unabashedly melodramatic elements, all brought into stark relief by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Helped along by an amazing cast, "Omar" feels very fresh, due to its attitude, its approach, and the fact that it offers no solutions.
Plot. Omar is a Palestinian baker who frequently climbs the West Bank barrier to visit his sweetheart, Nadia, a high-school girl whom he intends to marry. Omar and his childhood friends, Tarek and Amjad, have been practising attacks on soldiers. Caught in one of his crossings, Omar is beaten and humiliated by Israeli soldiers. The three later ...
Feb 21, 2014 · Feb. 20, 2014 4:35 PM PT. There are two distinct images that open “Omar.” One is a face; one is a wall. Both are as resilient as resistant — defining elements and powerful metaphors for all that...
Synopsis. When a trio of young Palestinians decides to kill an Israeli soldier, one of them, a baker named Omar, is arrested and beaten by Israeli intelligence agents. Told that he will be given his freedom if he assists in capturing the man they believe to be the shooter, Omar rejoins his friends and begins to suspect that there is an ...
Feb 20, 2014 · Directed by Hany Abu-Assad. Drama, Romance, Thriller. Not Rated. 1h 36m. By A.O. Scott. Feb. 20, 2014. Hany Abu-Assad’s new film, “Omar,” is about Israeli-Palestinian violence and also about...
- Hany Abu-Assad
- A.O. Scott
- 96 min
Arrested after the death of an Israeli soldier, a Palestinian baker (Adam Bakri) agrees to work as an informant, but his true motives and alliances remain hidden. Omar is a 2013 Palestinian drama directed by Hany Abu-Assad. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize.
May 29, 2014 · Abu-Assad's screenplay expertly interweaves personal and political elements. This is at once a coming-of-age drama, a romance and a thriller that combines multiple reversals and plot twists with...
