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Omar

Mon, Aug 12, 2024
    Part of
  • Passing You By: Impostorism on Film
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  • BAM Film 2024
Directed by Hany Abu-Assad (2013)

Omar, a young Palestinian baker turned freedom fighter, is accustomed to dodging surveillance bullets to cross the separation wall to visit his secret love, Nadia. But occupied Palestine knows neither simple love nor clear-cut war. When Omar is captured after a deadly act of resistance, he spirals into a cat-and-mouse game with the military police. He falls under the control of Rami, an Israeli security forces agent who infiltrates resistance efforts by passing for Palestinian and Muslim. As suspicion and betrayal jeopardize his longtime trust with accomplices and childhood friends, Omar must face painful choices about life, manhood, and love.

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