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Miral

Miral

Is this the face of a terrorist?

20105.71h 52m

Overview

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.

Directed by Julian Schnabel
Written by Rula Jebreal
Produced by Jon Kilik, Jérôme Seydoux
Box Office0Revenue: $1.1M

Top Cast

Freida Pinto

Freida Pinto

Miral

Hiam Abbass

Hiam Abbass

Hidi Husseini

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Eddie

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

Bertha Spafford

Uri Gavriel

Uri Gavriel

Interrogating Officer

Alexander Siddig

Alexander Siddig

Jamal

A

Asma Al Shiukhy

Woman Wrapping Body

N

Neemeh Khalil

Woman Wrapping Body

Jameel Khoury

Jameel Khoury

Brother Amin

B

Basel Husseini

Brother Khalid

Themes & Keywords

palestinebased on novel or bookbased on memoir or autobiographyarab–israeli war (1948)west bank

About Miral

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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