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Paradise Now [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
 
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Paradise Now [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
DVD ~ Lubna Azabal
5.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Lubna Azabal, Hamza Abu-Aiaash, Kais Nashif, Lotuf Neusser, Ali Suliman
  • Directors: Hany Abu-Assad
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language Arabic, English
  • Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 21 Mar 2006
  • Run Time: 91 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
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  • ASIN: B000E0OE44
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 40,166 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling questions, and no easy answers, 2 Jun 2006
By Joy Edwards (Vienna, Austria) - See all my reviews
Two Palestinians share a nargileh, staring vacantly over the city below, their 'coffee-house' a hillside littered with the scrap metal of cannibalized vehicles, an apt metaphor for the wreckage of their lives. In Nablus, the economy is stifled. Access is controlled by armed Israeli check-points whose negotiation means daily humiliation and hostility. The young men have little they value other than their childhood friendship - and this they have pledged to sacrifice in a joint suicide bombing in affluent, vibrant Tel Aviv.

Are the oppression of occupation, a poverty-stricken childhood in a refugee camp and a dead-end job enough to drive a young man to kill himself and others? Seeing no future in this life, to turn to the lure of 'Paradise now', recruited by a political ideology which has mobilized religion in its service?

The strength of Hany Abu-Assad's film lies in its sensitive exploration of the forces at work in the minds of Khaled (Ali Sliman) and Said (Kais Nashef) as they prepare for their mission, cope with plans gone awry, and confront their own fears and emotions as they come face to face with their intended victims. Once, twice they fail to complete the mission; and it is then that this unflinching, compassionate director probes the deeper levels of anguish and frustration which separate Khaled from Said, and seal their fate.

Paradise Now richly deserves its many accolades, including the 2006 Golden Globe award and Oscar nomination for best foreign film. It should be viewed by everyone who grasps the urgency - for all of us - of the situation it portrays, and who is not afraid to look behind the headlines.
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