Paradise Now Page #3

Synopsis: In Nablas on the West Bank, Said and Khaled, who have volunteered to be suicide bombers, receive word it will be tomorrow - the cell's first operation in two years. They're shaven and shorn, in black suits to pose as settlers in Tel Aviv for a wedding. Something goes wrong at the crossing, they're separated, and the action is postponed, long enough for renewed questioning of what they're about to do. Suha, the well-educated and well-traveled daughter of a martyr, challenges the action. She likes Said and has her own ideas. "Under the occupation, we're already dead," is Khaled's analysis. Fate and God's will seem to drive Said. We must be moral, argues Suha. Can minds change?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Hany Abu-Assad
Production: Warner Independent Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
PG-13
Year:
2005
90 min
$1,300,000
1,527 Views


Abu Shabaab.

He will take you to the place.

One of the two will go first.

The other will follow

It's more effective.

Then there will be

many soldiers and police.

The second bomb

will do more damage.

Very well planned.

Here is money

and false identification.

Memorize the information.

If someone questions you about something,

let Abu Shabaab give the answers.

In Tel Aviv, you are from Jerusalem

and you are going to a wedding.

- Whose wedding?

- It doesn't matter.

Above all,

do not be afraid of the soldiers.

Look them in the eyes,

without blinking.

Remember that you control them.

Their lives are

in your hands.

Stay calm.

If a soldier grabs you,

he's a dead man.

He is betting everything

because he fears death.

If you don't fear death,

you control life.

If he insists on searching you

it will be the gates of heaven.

We will see who searches who.

Leave it in the hands of Allah.

Another thing.

When the first one does it,

it is better that the other one not look.

And then?

You will go home two angels.

Are you sure?

Of course.

Now you will see for yourself.

Wait here.

I will check to be sure

that everything is in order.

Khaled.

What?

- We're not making a mistake are we?

- But, what are you saying?

Absolutely not.

In an hour we will be heroes.

We will be with Allah

in paradise.

We've already said it.

You told me

that we don't have a choice.

Under the occupation,

we are already dead.

I know, I know.

But, isn't there any other way?

- Are you afraid?

- No, I'm not afraid.

I don't know.

Soon you will know.

In as much as we can...

Is it true that before you die

you see your entire life passing

as if it were a video?

Do you believe that is true?

I'm with you.

Let's go.

Look what you've done to yourself.

Good, Abu Shabaab is there.

He's Israeli, but cooperative,

we pay him well.

He doesn't speak Arabic,

do you speak much English?

- I can get by.

- Good.

Very good.

Read the Koran and pray.

Well,

who will be the first?

- Me.

- Me.

- Heads or tails?

- Tails.

Tails.

Good luck guys.

What happened?

- And Said?

- I don't know.

- Where's Said?

- He's disappeared.

We've got to look for him.

The helicopters will come,

we can't wait.

Take out a description with a photo,

in order to find him.

Remove the explosives,

what are you waiting for?

Rip it off,

it will hurt less.

- You couldn't use another thing?

- It's the best system.

We weren't thinking

that we would have to take it off.

And now?

We wait.

Brothers,

it will be better that we go.

It could be that they've caught Said

or that he was a traitor.

We should tell all the members

that they have been in contact with him.

I know Said,

he has not betrayed us.

It's only a precaution.

Jamal.

We planned this operation

for many months.

You said that you would be

responsible for them.

I've known them forever.

It's put a lot of fighters

in danger.

Scatter them all except

for a few.

Logically,

Abu Shabaab is the traitor.

I really doubt it.

He didn't show up until after

the operation.

To the roof tile factory.

Close the door again.

Pull it shut, quickly,

with a slam.

? For a wedding?

Dressed like that, I'm sure that

you're not going to deliver roof tiles.

I'm going to a wedding...

At the factory?

Contaminated water?

There's nothing

like the Kanaze filters.

Kanaze filters,

the most pure water.

Filters!

Not all the filters in the world

will clean the water contaminated

by the settlers.

Have you heard about the water?

Yes, it's not important...

No, I don't know it.

No?

Apparently, it contains a product

that attacks the quality of the sperm.

Even though they use it for rat poison,

it doesn't affect me.

I already have five sons, five.

The operation is postponed,

now they will be looking for us.

Said has not betrayed us,

something happened, I know it.

It was too well planned.

Something is going wrong.

We won't have to wait long to know

what is happening.

But it is better to be prudent.

Said is carrying a bomb on his back,

How is he going to meet us?

If he's talked, a missile can drop

in an instant and kill us.

Well let me go alone.

We are waiting to find out

what happened.

He has not betrayed us,

I know that.

Let me go look for him,

I know how he reacts.

I will find him.

I've got to find him,

the operation must continue.

Here.

If we had had them before...

They are too easy to trace.

Abu Shabaab was going to give

you one in Tel Aviv.

Find Said

before the day is over.

Or we will have to settle things ourselves.

Said.

Are you going to get married?

No, I...

Is Khaled here?

- Where is Said?

- I don't know.

- You've come back to get him in trouble.

- Lord, no...

- But, come in.

- No, I'm in a hurry.

And this suit?

I have to go.

Please, if he comes,

give him this telephone number.

It's important. Goodbye.

Is someone there?

- Excuse me, have you seen Khaled?

- He already left.

- Did he say anything?

- No, nothing special.

- Can I go to wash up?

- Sure.

- Isn't that Said?

- Yes.

Why does he look

like a settler?

You can't change destiny.

There is no other way out.

You are a volunteer for Allah.

Come on, it's already late.

What is going on,

you've gone with your friend?

- Tomorrow I will not come.

- And that suit, something happening?

- Tomorrow I won't come.

- OK, but make coffee.

- Has Khaled come?

- Luckily, I've freed myself of him.

- Everything is OK?

- Very well.

If you have problems,

you can count on me.

What is that?

- Hi.

- Hi.

- It's not working well.

- That didn't last long.

It started to make

this horrible noise, can you hear it?

I will tell Said

to take a quick look.

Said!

Said!

- Better for you to stay inside.

- I'm OK here.

I can't work wearing that.

- Idiot!

- Go to hell!

That's it.

You can go, it's fixed.

- What do you want?

- Something happened to you.

- Yesterday you weren't like this.

- Nothing is happening to me.

Why are you so weird?

Nothing is happening to me, it's the truth.

Said!

Said, the watch,

I'm so sorry.

Said.

It doesn't matter.

No, it's a problem.

What do you want to do?

- I'll bring it in for repair.

- No, leave it.

Abu Salim!

- Have you seen Said?

- It's you.

I thought I was free of you.

And the car, the suit?

- Doesn't matter. Have you seen him?

- He's gone with a customer.

- What?

- With his favorite customer.

Suha, daughter of Abu Assam.

They'll fix it right away it.

I'll feel better.

- Are you?

- Suha...

Go ahead.

No, better you.

It wasn't anything important.

Stop, the store is there.

You seem annoyed.

- Annoyed?

- Yes.

No, you've seen me

when I'm annoyed.

Excuse me, what is this tape?

- The farewell of a martyr?

- Yes.

Also it's about the collaborators.

What?

Their confessions

before they shot them.

Let's go.

- But, do you sell or rent them?

- Both.

How much?

Well, if you buy them,

they're 15 shekels each.

But if you rent them,

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Hany Abu-Assad

Hany Abu-Assad (Arabic: هاني أبو أسعد‎, born 11 October 1961) is a Dutch/Palestinian film director. He has received two Academy Award nominations: in 2006 for his film Paradise Now, and again in 2013, at the 86th Awards, for his film Omar. more…

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