At the center of the Middle East conflict, hearts beat in tragic comedy and deadpan irony: a sexy young Palestinian woman defies Israeli soldiers and struts through a check-point as if it were the catwalk of a fashion show, Santa Claus is chased up the sun-drenched hills of Nazareth by a gang of knife-wielding school kids, Israeli police use a blindfolded prisoner to provide directions to tourists in Jerusalem and a female ninja descends from the sky, holding the map of ‘Palestine’ as her battle shield. These are but a few of the provocative images put forth in Elia Suleiman’s critically-acclaimed satire chronicling the absurdities of life and love on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli border.

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Reviews

“Touching, provocative and wonderfully strange!”
- A.O. Scott, The New York Times

“One of the top ten films of the year!”
-Richard Corliss, Time Magazine

“Ridiculous and smart, hilarious and terrifying”
- The Austin Chronicle

“Funny…fantastical…an irresistible work of art”
- San Francisco Chronicle

“Blissfully Surreal”
- The Washington Post

“Hysterical and devastating!”
- Lorriane Ali, Newsweek

“4 Stars!”
- Gene Seymour, Newsday

“Blissfully surreal! A one-of-a-kind experience!”
- Desson Howe, The Washington Post