If you've ever been swept up in a love affair that left you dizzy (or wanted to be), you will find yourself viscerally entwined with Strangers, Erez Tadmor and Guy Nattiv's riveting story of impossible love--based on their 2004 award-winning Festival short.
An Israeli kibbutznik, Eyal, and a Palestinian living in Paris, Rana, both descending on Berlin for the World Cup finals, meet accidentally when their identical backpacks get switched on the subway. This chance encounter turns into
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It's the acting and the nearly faultless script that make Strangers a winner.
Energetic, immediate and defiantly hopeful.
A tender cross-cultural love story that nearly founders under the weight of contrived polemics and Mideast politics
I watched this movie by mistake at Sundance last year. I thought I would get out of the theater early and still catch the movie I intended seeing. I was quickly drawn into this film and could not take myself out of the theatre. The raw cimetography was beautiful in its imperfection. The acting was beautiful. The
January 7, 2009
This movie was a disappointment. The two main characters did a good job playing their part but plot was bad. The worst part was the ending, which didn't answer the questions. Overall - rotten.
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