Said and Khaled, two Palestinian people, whove experienced living under another nations rule for their whole lives. [7], Israeli-Jewish producer Amir Harel[8] told reporters that "First and foremost the movie is a good work of art", adding that "If the movie raises awareness or presents a different side of reality, this is an important thing. There were rumors that the film was anti-suicide bombing, which even led to the kipnapping of one of the film's onsite location managers. The handlers remove Khaled's explosive belt and issue a search for Said. In a parallel world they could have appeared in an early Richard Linklater or Kevin Smith film; in an earlier time they’d have made for convincing figures in … Ashraf Barhoum as Abu-Karem. The hot-tempered Khaled explodes against his boss when he is criticized and smashes the bumper of a client's car. The psychoanalysis of the schematic script is too pat, casting Said, son of a collaborator, in a semi-Oedipal drama wherein he slays the ghost of his treasonous father. At first glance, Said and Khaled … These protesters claimed that showing the film was immoral and encouraged killing civilians in terror acts. Paradise Now (arabe : الجنة الآن) est un film franco-germano-néerlando-palestinien coécrit et réalisé par Hany Abu-Assad, sorti en 2005. Here the motivation grows out of the need to erase the shame caused by Khaled's father's having been a collaborator with the occupation power. The film follows two Palestinian friends, Said and Khaled, who are recruited by a terrorist organization to become suicide bombers. It was referred to as such at the Golden Globes. Influenced by Suha, who discovered their plan, Khaled cancels his suicide attack. "[4] The Israel Film Fund is underwriting the film’s distribution in Israel. Having lost his “dignity” from the shame caused by his father’s execution for collaborating with the hated Israelis, Said—who, in a frightening photo shoot, exhibits the eyes of a hollow man already halfway toward death—eagerly accepts a sacrificial assignment to detonate a bomb strapped to his stomach in Tel Aviv with likeminded childhood friend Khaled. The film centers around the lives of Said (Kais Nashef) and Khaled (Ali Suliman), who have been best friends since early childhood. After much frantic searching for Said, Khaled finally finds him at his father's grave, and they agree to go through with the operation. Sadi El-Masri's real age is N/A. It focuses on what would be their last days together. Paradise Now (Arabic: الجنّة الآن ) is a political and psychological drama film directed by Hany Abu-Assad about two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel.It won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category. Actor Dina Titi from Paradise Now is cast as "Khaled''s Sister." [11] The Academy Awards began to refer to the film's country instead as "the Palestinian Authority". Paradise Now is a movie about two childhood friends, Khaled and Said, who live in Nablus on the West Bank. The original script was about one man searching for his friend, who is a suicide bomber, but it evolved into a story of two friends, Said and Khaled. “Paradise Now” follows the story of two Palestinians, Said and Khaled, first in their ordinary lives, then as they prepare for a suicide mission in Tel Aviv, and finally through the mission’s execution, as each struggles with whether he can follow through. Their lives are unspectacular and lack purpose and meaning. Aside from the contoversial plot and social-political questions that will certainly arise from the film, the actual shooting and production was in itself a harrowing experience. In real life there often is comedy in the most tragic moments.”, This scene also contained more symbolism than any other point of the film. Flanked by organizers and other cell members, Khaled and Said are given a final meal that resembles Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper. "Paradise Now" focuses more closely on Said, who was born in a refugee camp and whose father was executed as an Israeli collaborator when Said was 10. If you see the film, it's fairly obvious that it does not condone the taking of lives.” Abu-Assad is also predicting that he will upset some Israeli and Jewish groups for humanizing terrorism, but says that he too is critical of suicide bombers and the murders they commit. But this conscience is still alive...Maybe a bit weak...But still alive. Their cover story is that they are going to a wedding. Some of the film's most intense (and humorous) moments came in the filming of Said and Khaled's “martyr declarations” at the cell's headquarters, where they stated on camera while holding a gun why they were becoming suicide bombers (the gun held in the scene was a real gun borrowed from a Palestinian terrorist group). The second man is his best friend Khaled (Ali Suliman), brash and gregarious, affectionate and goofy with his younger sister and resentful of his father. The film goes on to tell an insightful story that … In Nablus, on the West Bank, there live two friends whove known each other for years. Le récit se déroule en Cisjordanie et en Israël, et raconte l'histoire fictive de deux kamikazes palestiniens, depuis leurs recrutements jusqu'a l'attentat suicide. The movie begins with the introduction of the character Suha .… And humans are often quite banal, but also funny and emotional. Said (Kais Nashef) and Khaled (Ali Suliman) have known each other since childhood and work at the same garage as auto mechanics. They climb a hill overlooking the West Back city of Nablus where they live and smoke a hookah. Paradise Now follows Palestinian childhood friends Said and Khaled who live in Nablus and have been recruited for suicide attacks in Tel Aviv. Paradise Now is a film directed by Hany Abu-Assad about the “unthinkable†decision of being a suicide bomber. "The film is an artistic point of view of that political issue," Abu-Assad said. Instead, Khaled and Said are flesh-and-blood human beings, caught in between religious extremism, nationalism, and the will to live. Amer Hlehel as Jamal. Thank God. While working on cars, Said meets Suha (Lubna Azabal), a startingly beautiful woman who captures his attention and breaks the monotony of his everyday life. Said and Khaled are two Palestinian mechanics who spend much of their time together as they […] Jamal tells him that he can spend his last night alive at home, with Jamal's accompaniment, as long as he and Khaled keep their mission secret from their families. As is revealed by Said to one of the cell's leaders, Said's father was executed when he was 10 years old because he was a “collaborator” with the Israelis. Said is approached by the middle-aged Jamal (Amer Hlehel), the go-between for the terrorist cell, and told that he and Khaled have been chosen to execute the group's first major attack in two years. It is now up to Said to restore honor upon his family's name. They return to the handlers, and Said convinces them that the attack need not be canceled, because he is ready for it. Though this movie deals much with some of the common trends in the media concerning the Palestinian – Israeli conflict, the story is told through a much different perspective: through the eyes of the suicide bomber recruits. Said and Khaled are childhood friends living in the Palestinian city of Nablus. [2] While filming in Nablus, Israeli helicopter gunships launched a missile attack on a car near the film's set one day, prompting six crew members to abandon the production indefinitely. His second and third takes are far less emotional, and he finally gives up and simply tells his mother on camera where to buy cheaper water filters. An earlier Palestinian film, Divine Intervention (2002), had controversially failed to gain admission to the competition, allegedly because films nominated for this award must be put forward by the government of their country, and Palestine's status as a sovereign state is disputed. Not all Jews, but part of them. While in a car with Suha, a woman he has fallen in love with, he explains that his father was an ameel (a "collaborator", or Palestinian working for the Israelis), who was executed for his actions. It's not worth endangering your life for a movie. They both travel to Tel Aviv. It goes against the grain of a commonly held Western notion of suicide bombers — that they are soulless and programmed to kill without emotion or regret. "[5], In an interview with Jewish American Tikkun magazine, Hany Abu-Assad was asked "When you look ahead now, what gives you hope? "The Jews have been the conscience of humanity, always, wherever they go. Paradise Lyrics: Mmm, mmm / Mmm, yeah / You go searching for paradise / You sit back and close your eyes / We're burning, yet so alive / And now you've got your hands up / … At one point, he considers detonating the bomb on a commercial bus, but he decides not to when he sees a child on board. A land mine exploded 300 meters away from the set. 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