The story places two close friends, Palestinians Said and Khaled, recruited by an extremist group to perpetrate a terrorist attack in Tel-Aviv, blowing up themselves. However, things go wrong and both friends must separate in the border. One of them, maintaining in his purpose of carry the attack to the end, and the other will have his doubts about it. –IMDb
Tightly created, tensely received. A great film for its technique and obvious thematic relevance: Palestine is still occupied by Israel.
an objective look at the simple reasons of the palestiian Isralei conflict and a very rich film on the emotional and human side...... very well done and executed artistically in all the aspects , cinematography , directing and editing .... though not a really great masterpiece , however , its a simple well done film that have a really important things to say and discuss.
Brilliant. Many people often confuse the Palestinian suicide-bombers with religion-crazed sociopaths. However, if one were to examine Paradise Now it subtextually clarifies the reason for their attacks… read review