Omar

Israeli-born Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad has crafted a dynamic, action-packed drama from the Occupied Territories. In a tense, gripping thriller of betrayal, suspected and real, Omar is a Palestinian baker who routinely climbs the wall to meet his girl. By night, with childhood friends, he is a freedom fighter/terrorist, risking his life to strike Israeli military. Arrested after an Israeli soldier’s death and tricked into an admission of guilt by association, he agrees to work as an informant. Or does he? So begins a dangerous game.