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The Attack

L'attentat (The Attack)

2012

Ziad Doueiri

Ali Suliman, Evgenia Dodina, Reymond Amsalem, Dvir Benedek ...

6.7

997

Drama Amin Jaafari, an Israeli surgeon of Palestinian origin, is completely at home in the society of Tel Aviv. He has a happy marriage, a brilliant career and numerous Jewish friends. When a restaurant suicide bombing kills 19 people and the police confirm that his wife, also dead in the explosion, was responsible for it, he completely refuses to accept the accusation.

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"Although the subject matter is inherently disturbing, it’s hard to imagine any audience remaining unmoved by this mournful tale"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Mr. Doueiri creates characters, emotional colors and political contradictions that have the agonized sting and breathe of life"	POS
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"'The Attack' is a mystery, but not the kind you think. It’s obvious from the start who detonated the bomb; the only question is why. It’s a question that probably cannot be answered to the satisfaction of anyone living outside Israel or the occupied territories (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Joe Neumaier New York Daily News	"A gripping, personal examination of a seemingly unresolvable conflict (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	New York Post	"Despite a remarkable performance by Suliman (...) events become increasingly pat and implausible, with one explanatory scene played like a shadowy variation on Kevin Spacey’s monologue in 'Se7en' (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)”	NEU

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