A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.
Acting
JJ Feild and Saïd Taghmaoui sell a doomed friendship beautifully.
Production
Period Jerusalem recreations that cost way more than this box office deserved.
Director
Élie Chouraqui
JJ Feild
Bobby Goldman
Saïd Taghmaoui
Saïd Chahine
Maria Papas
Hadassah
Patrick Bruel
David Levin
Ian Holm
Ben Gurion
Cécile Cassel
Jane
Tom Conti
Sir Cunningham
Anatol Yusef
Major Tell
Dominic Jephcott
Major Stevens
Matthew Marsh
Sir Gordon
Daniel Lundh
Roni
Mel Raido
Jacob
Peter Polycarpou
Abdel Khader
Tovah Feldshuh
Golda Meir
Shirel
Yael
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Dominique Lapierre's bestselling novel; the author spent years interviewing 1948 survivors for authenticity.
Chouraqui deliberately cast across political lines—Israeli, Palestinian, and international actors—to mirror the film's bridge-building failure.
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