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      Pomegranates and Myrrh

      2008 1h 35m Drama List
      Reviews 62% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A free spirited dancer marries a prisoner. Read More Read Less Watch on Netflix Stream Now

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      Audience Member Nice movie about life in Palestine. How many simple day to day activities that we take granted, Palestinians struggle with? How land is precious and How can they stop the unjust takeovers of their land? These are some of the questions that you may find no answers to but they are still worth asking! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member A very good first movie. Hiam Abbass is simply great, and Yasmine Al Masri isn't bad at all also. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/11/23 Full Review Audience Member I feel I see Hiam Abbass and Ali Suliman rather too often in Palestine-related films ('Paradise Now' and 'Lemon Tree' prior to this), but ... I liked Hiam Abbass' character and performance in this film much more. That this film is about Palestinian Christians (as well as Palestinian women) was also interesting to me. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member A wonderful character-based film about a woman and the real and metaphorical levels of imprisonment in her life. She lives in Palestine with a backdrop of terror and war, but the story is not really an action film (thank goodness). Her new husband is imprisoned, her dance teacher insists on using the old steps, the Israeli wall and troops and the settlers with razor wire are there, she is attracted to her new dance teacher... There are some really great supporting characters, notably the cafe owner, and the central performance is strong and believable. Maybe everyone is a little but too goodlooking? :-) So this is a slice of real life, a film of love and life which left me feeling more involved, but also upbeat. People get along and make mistakes, and surely there is always hope that the former is more influential. The director Najwa Najjar had so much trouble getting this made... and then got hassle from Hammas on the release. She told the story and beamed. No publicity is bad publicity, perhaps. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) Najjar uses melodrama to explore the ramifications of occupation on a trio of characters. Feb 13, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A free spirited dancer marries a prisoner.
      Director
      Najwa Najjar
      Screenwriter
      Najwa Najjar
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Arabic
      Runtime
      1h 35m
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