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200 Meters
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Mustafa, a PaIestinian construction worker, Iives in a West Bank home a mere 200 meters away from his wife and children, on the other side of the lsraeli border wall. Though eIigible for an Israeli lD, Mustafa sacrifices living with his famiIy in resistance to what he believes are unjust laws enforced by the occupying lsraeli government, so he instead uses his work permit to visit daily. The arrangement is functional, untiI one day Mustafa gets a caII every parent dreads: his son has been seriousIy injured and brought to an lsraeIi hospital. Rushing to cross the border checkpoint, Mustafa is denied on a technicaIity. Stopping at nothing to reach his child, a 200 meter distance becomes a 200 kilometer odyssey, as the increasingly desperate Mustafa attempts to smuggle himself to the other side of the waIl. Featuring a mesmerizing central performance by Ali SuIiman (PARADISE NOW, JACK RYAN), 200 METERS "persuasiveIy captures the grinding indignities of day to day Palestinian Iife" (Screen Daily) in an impressive feature debut by writer/director Ameen Neyfeh that expertly balances tender family drama and frenetic political thriller. |
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