Paradise Now

Paradise Now
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHany Abu-Assad
Written byHany Abu-Assad
Bero Beyer
Pierre Hodgson
Produced byBero Beyer
StarringKais Nashef
Ali Suliman
Lubna Azabal
Hiam Abbass
CinematographyAntoine Héberlé
Edited bySander Vos
Music byJina Sumedi
Distributed byA-Film (Netherlands)[1]
Constantin Film (Germany and Austria)[1]
Haut et Court (France)[1]
Release date
  • February 14, 2005 (2005-02-14)
Running time
91 minutes
CountriesNetherlands
Palestine
Germany
France
LanguagesPalestinian Arabic
English
Budget$2,000,000
Box office$3,579,902[2]

Paradise Now (Arabic: الجنّة الآن, romanizedal-Janna al-Laan) is a 2005 psychological drama film directed by Hany Abu-Assad. It follows the story of two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel. The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and received an Academy Award nomination in the same category.

According to Abu-Assad, "The film is an artistic point of view of that political issue. The politicians want to see it as black and white, good and evil, and art wants to see it as a human thing."[3]

  1. ^ a b c "Film #23881: Paradise Now". Lumiere. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Paradise Now (2005)". Box Office Mojo.
  3. ^ Glaister, Dan. "It was a joke I was even nominated", The Guardian, January 20, 2006.