Paradise Now

Awesome! Not fully realized and feels weak near the end, but I loved this film. Like a few before it (The Fast Runner and The Color of Paradise) it showed me a local view of a place in the world I am basically ignorant of. I might read the NY Times everyday but I know jack shit about what life is really like in the rest of the world. Yes I know this is a movie not a documentary but it’s filmed on the ground in Nablus, Nazareth and Tel Aviv. Writer/director by Hany Abu-Assad takes us to the physical and emotional places where desperation is part of daily life and where insane choices seem palatable.
Favorite moment: Said visits Suha to give her car keys back and ends up discussing movies.
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