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Miral, 2010

Starring: Freida Pinto, Willem Dafoe, Vanessa Redgrave, Alexander Siddig

Directed by: Julian Schnabel

Written by: Rula Jebreal

Language: English

Country: UK, Israel, France

Runtime: 112 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:5.8

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The mood of Miral is emotional, gloomy, and thought provoking. The plot centers around an orphan, wartime life, and political unrest. It is a drama, independent, and period movie. Stylistically, Miral archive footage, is episodic, and stars a strong female character. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is the Palestinian Authority and Israel. Miral happens in the 1980s. It is drawn from a biography, originally a true story, and based on a book.

Summary of Miral

Jerusalem, 1948. On her way to work, Hind Husseini comes across 55 orphaned children in the street. She takes them home to give them food and shelter. Within six months, 55 had grown to almost 2000, and the Dar Al-Tifel Institute was born.At the age of 7, Miral was sent to the Institute by her father following her mothers death. Brought up safely inside the Institutes walls, she is naïve to the troubles that surround her. Then, at the age of 17, she is assigned to teach at a refugee camp where she is awakened to the reality of her peoples struggle. When she falls for political activist, Hani, she finds herself torn between the fight for the future of her people and Mama Hinds belief that education is the road to peace.

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Language:	English
Country:	UK, Israel, France
Release date:	October 2010
Runtime:	112 min

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Freida Pinto

as Miral

Willem Dafoe

as Eddie

Vanessa Redgrave

as Bertha Spafford

Alexander Siddig

as Miral's father

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Not what it claims to be

Even though it claims to be about a very acute political issue, "Miral" is actually an emotional drama that tells about its characters and does not say much beyond that. It's good, but it's not what it claims to be. Read and rate it

26.March.2011
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by: meirav
meirav rated this movie5/10So-so

Over simplification

"Miral" tries to show a highly complicated situation from a personal and specific angle. By doing so, however, they had hard time really dealing with many of the aspects that revolve around this issue and missed a good opportunity to discuss it. Read and rate it

26.March.2011
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by: indi
indi rated this movie4/10Disappointing

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