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Bethlehem(2013)
Status: Released
Date: 2013-09-26
62%
31 Votes
Time: 1h 39m
When you are playing both sides, who do you trust?
Overview:
Bethlehem tells the story of the unlikely bond between Razi, an Israeli secret service officer, and his Palestinian informant Sanfur, the younger brother of a senior Palestinian militant. Razi recruited Sanfur when he was just 15, and developed a very close, almost fatherly relationship to him. Now 17, Sanfur tries to navigate between Razi’s demands and his loyalty to his brother, living a double life and lying to both men. Co-written by director Yuval Adler and Ali Waked—an Arab journalist who spent years in the West Bank—Bethlehem gives an unparalleled, moving and authentic portrait of the complex reality behind the news.
Languages: Arabic, Hebrew.
Countries:
Belgium,
Germany,
Israel
ProductionCompanies: 
Gringo Films
Movie: Bethlehem
Top 10 Billed Cast
Tsahi Halevi
Razi
Shadi Mar'i
Sanfur
Hitham Omari
Badawi
Tarik Kopty
Abu Ibrahim
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Overview
Bethlehem tells the story of the unlikely bond between Razi, an Israeli secret service officer, and his Palestinian informant Sanfur, the younger brother of a senior Palestinian militant. Razi recruited Sanfur when he was just 15, and developed a very close, almost fatherly relationship to him. Now 17, Sanfur tries to navigate between Razi’s demands and his loyalty to his brother, living a double life and lying to both men. Co-written by director Yuval Adler and Ali Waked—an Arab journalist who spent years in the West Bank—Bethlehem gives an unparalleled, moving and authentic portrait of the complex reality behind the news.
Release Date
2013-09-26
Average
6.2
Rating:
3.1 startsTagline
When you are playing both sides, who do you trust?
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Languages:
العربيةעִבְרִיתKeywords
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