
One Night with the King(2006)
In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects.


“Is this the face of a terrorist?”
A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.

Freida Pinto
Miral

Hiam Abbass
Hidi Husseini

Willem Dafoe
Eddie

Vanessa Redgrave
Bertha Spafford

Uri Gavriel
Interrogating Officer

Alexander Siddig
Jamal
Asma Al Shiukhy
Woman Wrapping Body
Neemeh Khalil
Woman Wrapping Body

Jameel Khoury
Brother Amin
Basel Husseini
Brother Khalid
Miral is a drama, history film released in 2010 exploring themes of palestine, based on novel or book, based on memoir or autobiography, arab–israeli war (1948), west bank. Directed by Julian Schnabel, it stars Freida Pinto, Hiam Abbass, Willem Dafoe. A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.
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