Paradise now DVD 2005 Mennyország most / Directed by Hany Abu-Assad / Starring: Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, Hiam Abbass / الجنّة الآن

UPC 5999883749005

REGION 2 PAL DVD  

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: English, Arabic 5.1, Hungarian 2.0

SUBTITLES: Hungarian, English

Runtime: 88 minutes

English Summary:

Paradise Now follows Palestinian childhood friends Said and Khaled who live in Nablus and have been recruited for suicide attacks in Tel Aviv. It focuses on what would be their last days together.

Their handlers from an unidentified resistance group tell them the attack will take place the next day. The pair record videos glorifying God and their cause, and bid their unknowing families and loved ones goodbye, while trying to behave normally to avoid arousing suspicion. The next day, they shave off their hair and beards and don suits in order to look like Israelis. Their cover story is that they are going to a wedding.

An explosive belt is attached to each man; the handlers are the only ones with the keys needed to remove the belts without detonating them. The men are instructed to detonate the bombs at the same place, a military check point in Israel, with a time interval of 15 minutes so that the second bomb will kill police arriving after the first blast.

They cross the Israeli border, but have to flee from guards. Khaled returns to their handlers, who have fled by the time Said arrives. The handlers remove Khaled's explosive belt and issue a search for Said. Khaled believes he is the best person to find Said since he knows him well, and he is given until the end of that day to find him.

Hungarian Summary:

A film két gyerekkori jó barátról, Kaled-ről és Szaid-ról szól, akiknek reménytelen hétköznapjai egy merényletre való készülődéssel nyernek új értelmet, mikor öngyilkos robbantóknak sorozzák be őket. A palesztin fiatalok bombatámadásra készülnek Tel-Aviv és az izraeli katonák ellen. Suha, egy fiatal lány rájön a terrorista fiatalok tervére, ezért Kaled-nek és Szaid-nak újra kell gondolniuk az egész akciót. Egyre inkább nyomja őket a tét, az idő rohamosan fogy, az indulatok pedig kitörni készülnek, és talán csak a véletlen dönti el, végül melyik utat is választják...

Cast / Szereplők:

• Kais Nashef: Said
• Ali Suliman: Khaled
• Lubna Azabal: Suha
• Amer Hlehel: Jamal
• Hiam Abbass: Saids Mutter
• Ashraf Barchoum: Abu Karem