Out in the Dark

Two young men — a Palestinian grad student and an Israeli lawyer — meet and fall in love amidst personal and political intrigue.

Cast

Michael Aloni

as Roy Schaefer

Nicholas Jacob

as Nimr Mashrawi

Loai Nofi

as Mustafa Na'amne (as Loai Noufi)

Alon Pdut

as Gil

Khawlah Hag-Debsy

as Hiam Mashrawi (as Khawlah Haj)

Maysa Daw

as Abir Mashrawi

Jameel Khoury

as Nabil Mashrawi (as Jameel Khouri)

Shimon Mimran

Moris Cohen

Majd Bitar

Reviews

kinrich30

This turned out to be a much more enjoyable movie than I anticipated, and a very powerful one too. A love at story about two guys on both sides of the Israel/Palestine conflict. While very well done, the ending was a bit of a disappointment as you don't really get to see the final outcome....

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