Omar

A FILM BY Hany Abu-Assad

A must-see for those who value the cinema of commitment.

- Paul Ennis, Now Magazine

Omar often seems like the conflict's close-to-the-ground, Don Siegel-style B-movie, which can be a fresh slap across the face compared to the usual can't-we-get-along homilies.

- Michael Atkinson, Village Voice

Thriller palestinien, au scénario implacable, interprété par des acteurs impressionnants.

- La Croix

Film dune force émotionnelle sans pareille (...).

- L'Humanité

Un récit à la tension dramatique sans cesse renouvelée et une réalisation efficace.

- Cinema Teaser

Synopsis

Omar is a Palestinian baker who routinely climbs over the separation wall to meet up with his girlfriend Nadja. By night, he's a freedom fighter ready to risk his life to strike at the Israeli military with his childhood friends Tarek and Amjad. Arrested after the killing of an Israeli soldier and tricked into an admission of guilt by association, he agrees to work as an informant.