Screwdriver(2018)
After fifteen years of imprisonment, Ziad struggles to adjust to modern Palestinian life as the hero everyone hails him to be. Unable to distinguish reality from hallucination he unravels and forces himself to go back to where it all began.
Movie: Screwdriver
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Ziad
Ziad's mother
Octopus
Mina
Nawal
Ziad (teen)
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