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Synopsis: Dr. Amin Jaafari is an assimilated Arab surgeon who seems to have it all with a promising career with honors among the Israelis in Tel Aviv. That all changes after a devastating terrorist suicide bombing and his beloved wife, Siham, is found among the dead as the primary suspect. Although initially refusing to accept that as Shin Bet interrogates him, Amin comes to realize the allegations are true. Now, the ostracized Amin resolves to find out on his own why Siham had so strong a conviction that she kept secret from him. However, the answers prove hard to come by and the truths involved have a terrible pain of their own.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Ziad Doueiri
Production: Cohen Media Group
  5 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
R
Year:
2012
102 min
$1,103,645
Website
65 Views


You said it yourself.

You're crazy. I was joking.

What was your wish?

It hasn't stopped raining.

How many days have we been here?

I stopped counting.

Mold will grow on us.

Mold is good.

Some types are therapeutic.

Did you know that?

Really?

I wanted to be a Navajo warrior,

but all I did

was circle in a merry-go-round

with a bunch of spoiled kids.

What are your dreams?

Simple things.

A street address,

a stamp, an ID card,

a passport.

I believe we'll live to see it.

I have hope.

Will you marry me?

I went by your house three times.

How did you find me?

I called Raveed.

He tracked you down

with your credit card.

I'm sorry, we were worried.

Do you want something to drink?

Yes, water.

It's okay.

It doesn't matter anymore.

I'll fix the bed for you.

There isn't much privacy

since Sergei left.

I took all the walls down.

Do you need something?

It's okay.

There's a common belief that people

who commit suicide bombings

have some form

of psychopathologic behavior.

But studies show

it's not necessarily the case.

For example, Wafa Idriss...

Wafa Idriss was the first woman

to commit a suicide attack in 2002.

That's right.

Her husband divorced her

because she was sterile.

She couldn't get remarried

because in their culture it's taboo.

That's true.

Another woman got pregnant

out of wedlock.

A third one had a brother executed

because he was an informant.

So, for these women,

the only way to clean their family's

honor was to die as a martyr.

But this is not the case

of Siham Jaafari.

She came from a wealthy

and open-minded background

and was married

to a prominent surgeon.

The question is,

why are terrorist organizations

deliberately targeting women?

Because female suicide bombers receive

more media attention.

Besides, there is an issue of...

What are you trying to prove?

And what does he have to do with it?

They want to strip you

of your citizenship.

I'm not surprised.

They can't dissociate you

from what Siham did.

Right now they are totally paranoid.

Maybe you should sign it, too,

for your own good.

They'll come down on you

because of our friendship.

Guilty by association.

The traitor from within.

What are you talking about?

I'm sure everyone knows

you're putting me up.

Yes, I told them.

You shouldn't have.

Is this what you think of me?

I don't know what I think of you.

In fact, I don't know why

you're doing all of this.

In the end, we're all alone.

That's what my father used to say.

I was driving nearby.

I saw Kim's car and I stopped.

Why not?

It's not against the law.

Have I done something

or are you just being mean?

He saw your car by accident?

It happens sometimes.

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