Paradise Now
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For the Die Krupps album, see Paradise Now (album). For the play by The Living Theatre, see Paradise Now (play).
Paradise Now (Arabic: الجنّة الآن, romanized: al-Janna al-Laan) is a 2005 psychological drama directed by Hany Abu-Assad. It follows the story of two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel. The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and received an Academy Award nomination in the same category.
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Directed by | Hany Abu-Assad |
Written by | Hany Abu-Assad Bero Beyer Pierre Hodgson |
Produced by | Bero Beyer |
Starring | Kais Nashef Ali Suliman Lubna Azabal Hiam Abbass |
Cinematography | Antoine Héberlé |
Edited by | Sander Vos |
Music by | Jina Sumedi |
Distributed by | A-Film (Netherlands)[1] Constantin Film (Germany and Austria)[1] Haut et Court (France)[1] |
Release date | February 14, 2005 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
Countries | Netherlands Palestine Germany France |
Languages | Palestinian Arabic English |
Budget | $ 2 000 000 |
Box office | $ 3 579 902[2] |
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According to Abu-Assad, "The film is an artistic point of view of that political issue. The politicians want to see it as black and white, good and evil, and art wants to see it as a human thing."[3]