Paradise Now

2005
France/Germany/Netherlands/Israel
90 min
15

Directed by: Hany Abu-Assad
Written by: Hany Abu-Assad, Bero Beyer, Pierre Hodgson
Cast: Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, Hiam Abbass
Language: Arabic, English

The tale of two Palestinian car mechanics about to venture to Israel on a suicide-bombing mission, 'Paradise Now' is primarily a buddy-buddy movie. The UK release date was postponed because of the 7/7 London bombings, and since then it's become the first Palestinian film to win a Golden Globe award and receive an Oscar nomination.