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The Boston Palestine Film Festival is proud to bring you a one night limited engagement of the Oscar-nominated film OMAR in time for Oscars weekend.
OMAR (dir. Hany Abu Assad, Paradise Now) is making history as the first Oscar contender for Best Foreign Film to have Palestine as its official country of origin.
A love story turned complex political thriller, OMAR follows the gripping story of a young Palestinian baker (Adam Bakri) caught in the chaos that comes with living under military occupation. Without basic freedoms to live a normal life, he regularly scales the Separation Wall that divides his world to meet up with his girlfriend Nadja (Leem Lubany) and childhood friends Tarek (Eyad Hourani) and Amjad (Samer Bisharat.) But when an attack in the name of armed resistance unfolds, an Israeli soldier is killed and Omar is caught in the middle. Tricked into an admission of guilt by association, Omar is offered a way out by Agent Rami (Waleed Zuaiter) by becoming an informant against his own people.
Omar features an all-Palestinian cast and was shot on Palestinian land in the West Bank cities of Nazareth and Nablus. Rated: R, (93 min)
"AN INCREDIBLE
LOVE STORY."
- Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
"The unpredictable climax to this cat-and-mouse political thriller is pure genius."
-Howard Feinstein, Filmmaker Magazine
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LocationWest Newton Cinema (View)
1296 Washington Street
West Newton, MA 02465
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 17 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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