Where to Watch Paradise Now (2005) in the US

What it's about

Palestinians Said and Khaled, now in young adulthood, have been lifelong friends living in Nablus in the West Bank. They have both had what they consider a difficult life, now working side-by-side in unfulfilling jobs as auto mechanics in a small garage, being unfulfilling as difficult as the jobs were to get. Those difficult lives includes feeling like they are prisoners in the West Bank, Said who has only left the region once on a medical issue when he was six. They blame all their problems on the oppression by the Israelis. As such, they have volunteered and have been accepted by a Palestinian resistance group to carry out a suicide bombing mission in Tel Aviv: after the initial response to the first bomb, the second bomb would be detonated at the same site. Following the bombing, the resistance group would release pre-taped video messages of Said and Khaled confessing to the bombing in the name of God. The mission would require Said and Khaled to cross "illegally" into Israel. They are not afraid of death in light of their deaths having some meaning, and in feeling like their lives are like being dead anyway. In the process of carrying out the mission, they end up being separated which could jeopardize not only the mission but their individual lives without their death being in the name of a cause, that is if they cannot locate each other. In this their time apart, Said and Khaled may have time to think about what they are about to do, their thoughts not only shaped by their different family histories, but Said's budding friendship/romance with a young woman named Suha, the daughter of a wealthy and famed Palestinian, she who has only recently moved back to the West Bank after years living overseas.

Cast and crew

Director

Hany Abu-Assad

Writer

Hany Abu-Assad, Bero Beyer, Pierre Hodgson

Starring

Kais Nashif, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal

Details

Release date

Nov 18, 2005

Language

Arabic, English

Country

Israel, Netherlands, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Germany, France

Box office

$1,457,843

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 15 wins & 17 nominations total

Where to Watch Paradise Now (2005) in the US — common questions

Where to watch Paradise Now in the United States?

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Can I stream Paradise Now or do I have to rent it in the United States?

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Can I watch Paradise Now for free in the United States?

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