Palestine / France / Germany / Netherlands,
2005, 88 min
Directed by:
Hany Abu-AssadCinematography:
Antoine HéberléComposer:
Jina SumediCast:
Kais Nashif, Ali Suliman, Amer Hlehel, Hiam Abbass, Lubna Azabal, Ashraf Barhom, Olivier MeidingerVOD (1)
Plots(1)
Paradise Now follows two Palestinian childhood friends who have been recruited for a strike on Tel Aviv and focuses on their last days together. When they are intercepted at the Israeli border and separated from their handlers, a young woman who discovers their plan causes them to reconsider their actions. (Warner Independent Pictures)
Cast
![Kais Nashif](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/645/159645696_926195.jpg)
Kais Nashif
Best movies:
Limbo (2020)
Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
Body of Lies (2008)
![Ali Suliman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/397/162397872_f918db.jpg)
Ali Suliman
Israel
Best movies:
The Promise (2011) (series)
Lemon Tree (2008)
The Syrian Bride (2004)
Amer Hlehel
Best movies:
Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
Paradise Now (2005)
Mediterranean Fever (2022)
![Hiam Abbass](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/149/161149311_4ecdd6.jpg)
Hiam Abbass
Israel
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The Promise (2011) (series)
The Visitor (2007)
![Lubna Azabal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273254_96e9f2.jpg)
Lubna Azabal
Belgium
Best movies:
Incendies (2010)
Rebel (2022)
Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
![Ashraf Barhom](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276920_77fd13.jpg)
Ashraf Barhom
Israel
Best movies:
The Syrian Bride (2004)
Agora (2009)
Kingdom (2007)
Olivier Meidinger
Best movies:
Paradise Now (2005)
The Children of the Century (1999)