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Writers:
Stephen Most (consulting writer)
Stephen Most (researcher)
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Release Date:
20 December 2001 (Netherlands) more
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Plot:
Several Jewish and Palestinian children are followed for three years and put in touch with each other... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 12 wins & 3 nominations more
User Reviews:
Very promising more (33 total)

Cast

 
Moishe Bar Am ... Himself
B.Z. Goldberg ... Himself
Sanabel Hassan ... Herself
Faraj Adnan Hassan Husein ... Himself
Mahmoud Mazen Mahmoud Izhiman ... Himself
Schlomo ... Himself
Daniel Solan ... Himself
Yarko Solan ... Himself

Directed by
Carlos Bolado 
B.Z. Goldberg 
Justine Shapiro 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Stephen Most  consulting writer
Stephen Most  researcher

Produced by
B.Z. Goldberg .... producer
Justine Shapiro .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Ilan Buchbinder 
Yoram Millo 
 
Film Editing by
Carlos Bolado 
 
Sound Department
Frank Canonica .... supervising sound recordist: mix stage
Larry Oatfield .... sound editor
Dan Olmsted .... sound re-recording mixer
Matthew Spiro .... sound effects editor
 
Editorial Department
Sara Maamouri .... assistant editor
 

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Runtime:
France:106 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Referenced in The Holiday (2006) more

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4 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
Very promising, 27 November 2003
Author: Geert Lemmens (gjl@bookwerk.de) from Cologne, Germany

I only saw the second part of the movie, but that gave me enough impression to leave me in a state of "having seen something everyone should see". And I think everyone and most of all Israelis and Arabs will agree that a way to peace will only be possible when encounters like these will take place, where kids from both "sides" will meet each other to discuss and understand each other problems. I am so much impressed about the openess, sincerity, wisdom and "the stuff that separates the youth from the adults": playing a soccer game, making fun, sharing dreams. It's hard to see that two years after the meeting the Arab boy has almost lost his belief in a solution. A while ago I heard an interview on the radio with the famous Jewish military expert Martin von Kreefeld. This interview impressed me as much as "Promises", but in a very different way. To Von Kreefelds opinion, the only solution to the Jewish-Arab problem was building a high wall, deviding the two nations, probably at cost of some 30,000 lives. But then, so Von Kreefeld, there would finally be "peace". Well, let's just hope future generations from Israel and Palestine will proove him wrong. The documentary is filmed at high speed and will grasp your attention immediately, and will not let loose. Very impressing, very... moving ;-)

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