Beirut 1982: the First Lebanon War is in full force as the Israeli army clashes with PLO militants and Syrian and Lebanese forces. Living among the rubble and unexploded shells is Fahed, a young Palestinian boy who has recently lost his father in an air raid. When he captures Yoni (Stephen Dorff), an Israeli pilot shot down over his town, Fahed seizes the opportunity to use his prisoner as a way to get back into Israel and visit the town where his grandfather once lived. On the journey the two must overcome bitter differences if they are to survive and a tenuous friendship... slowly begins to take root amid the barren debris of war... Powerful, moving and utterly compelling, Zaytoun is a modern classic of the war genre from the award-winning producer of The King's Speech. [show more]
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Unconventional Middle-Eastern buddy movie directed by Eran Riklis and starring Stephen Dorff. Israeli pilot Yoni (Dorff) is shot down over Beirut and held captive by a group of Palestinian liberation fighters. Left under the surveillance of the young refugee and orphan Fahed (Abdallah El Akal), Yoni begins to forge a relationship with the young boy and together they make a deal - if Fahed helps Yoni escape, Yoni will return Fahed to his home village. As the two then embark on their journey, they must avoid capture at all costs by either side's allies and a unique and unlikely bond begins to form between them regardless of their conflicting backgrounds.
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