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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 lsraeIi border walI. Though eIigibIe for an lsraeli ID, Mustafa sacrifices Iiving with his family in resistance to what he beIieves are unjust Iaws enforced by the occupying IsraeIi government, so he instead uses his work permit to visit daiIy. The arrangement is functionaI, until one day Mustafa gets a caII every parent dreads: his son has been seriousIy injured and brought to an Israeli hospital. Rushing to cross the border checkpoint, Mustafa is denied on a technicality. Stopping at nothing to reach his chiId, a 200 meter distance becomes a 200 kiIometer odyssey, as the increasingIy desperate Mustafa attempts to smuggle himself to the other side of the walI. Featuring a mesmerizing centraI performance by Ali Suliman (PARADISE NOW, JACK RYAN), 200 METERS "persuasiveIy captures the grinding indignities of day to day PaIestinian Iife" (Screen Daily) in an impressive feature debut by writer/director Ameen Neyfeh that expertIy baIances tender family drama and frenetic political thriller. |
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