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Arrested after the death of an Israeli soldier, a Palestinian baker (Leem Lubany) agrees to work as an informant, but his true motives and alliances remain hidden.

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Twisty and riveting, Omar is a well-directed crime drama with uncommon depth.

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Namrata Joshi The New Indian Express 10/26/2023
It’s a distinct genre of conflict cinema that is all about the human toll of war that scathingly critiques the national policies, protests authoritarianism... Go to Full Review Eddie Cockrell The Australian 06/06/2014
4/5
Bakri gives a richly detailed performance, often allowing his stoicism to slip and reveal the confused and angry young man within. Go to Full Review Jake Wilson Sydney Morning Herald 06/04/2014
3.5/5
Abu-Assad does not aim for the Dardennes' breathless immediacy. Rather, the story is laid out in a lucid, diagrammatic way, like a mathematical proof that for someone in Omar's position there are no right choices. Go to Full Review David Walsh World Socialist Web Site 02/12/2021
The film points to the nearly impossible personal and social conditions for the Palestinians under Israeli rule. ... Omar brings to life the tragic situation in intimate, concrete detail. Go to Full Review Stephen A. Russell The New Daily (Australia) 08/26/2020
5/5
With Omar he has delivered an incredibly powerful story in a lean 90 minutes, a commendable economy that should be a lesson to the ever-increasing number of directors who believe a film must run to two-hour plus to deliver emotional weight. Go to Full Review David Harris Spectrum Culture 11/22/2019
3.2/5
Omar is a suspenseful moral quandary, tripped up only be an illogical, but inevitable, conclusion. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Feb 1 With all our sins I prefer our teenage life and southern border wall. See more F 04/02/2023 تمثيل وأداء اكثر من رائع See more 03/05/2021 Good believable characters in a story that holds you to the end See more 11/12/2020 Not a second is wasted, not a breath is unfelt. When the last is the first we'll know God's work has only just begun. Be the change, be the strange. <3 <3 <3 See more 10/30/2019 It shows the life within the palestinian territories, moulded by the occupation and abuses of the israeli army. See more 10/14/2019 Great film! I wasn't quite sure where it was going to go. Highly rec See more Read all reviews
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Hany Abu-Assad

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Adam Bakri

Omar

Leem Lubany

Nadia

Samer Bisharat

Amjad

Eyad Hourani

Tarek

Waleed Zuaiter

Agent Rami

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Synopsis Arrested after the death of an Israeli soldier, a Palestinian baker (Leem Lubany) agrees to work as an informant, but his true motives and alliances remain hidden.
Director
Hany Abu-Assad
Producer
David Henry Gerson, Waleed Zuaiter
Distributor
Adopt Films
Production Co
ZBROS
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Arabic
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 21, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 8, 2017
Runtime
1h 38m
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