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- A Borrowed Identity (or Dancing Arabs on Netflix) follows the tradition of looking at Israeli social issues and nuances through a personal story. It's a fish out of water story marked with great performances, a nice sense of humour, beautiful cinematography and deep humanity.
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Jun 26, 2015 · The complex interrelated identities of Jewish and Palestinian Israelis—two peoples divided by a shared culture, to paraphrase Oscar Wilde’s reputed quip—is movingly explored in “A Borrowed Identity,” a sharply mounted drama about a young Arab who finds reasons to “pass” as Jewish.
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Jul 23, 2015 · A Palestinian boy struggles to assimilate at an Israeli boarding school in the coming-of-age drama.
Jun 26, 2015 · Eran Riklis’s film charts the struggles of an Arab-Israeli teenager making his way in an elite boarding school in Jerusalem.
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Jul 3, 2015 · Los Angeles Times Film Critic. “A Borrowed Identity” starts out nice and easy but don’t be fooled. This is a soft-seeming film about a hard-edged, difficult subject, an Israeli film that offers a...
Sep 3, 2015 · Movie review of “A Borrowed Identity”: This thoughtful drama follows an Arab boy who gets accepted into a prestigious Jerusalem boarding school and falls in love with a Jewish Israeli student.
Jun 26, 2015 · After falling in love with Naomi (Daniel Kitsis), a Jewish girl, he leaves school when their relationship is uncovered, and he discovers that he will have to sacrifice his identity in order to be accepted.