Project Detail

Miral

Synopsis

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.
 
From Julian Schnabel, director of THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY,  BEFORE NIGHT FALLS and BASQUIAT, comes MIRAL, based on the book by Rula Jebreal and produced by Jon Kilik.
 
MIRAL stars Hiam Abass and Freida Pinto.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Features
Running time
107 mins
Director
Julian Schnabel
Producer
Jon Kilik
Principal cast
Freida Pinto, Hiam Abbas, Yasmine Al Massri, Alexander Siddig, Omar Metwally, Willem Dafoe, Vanessa Redgrave

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Production Status

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Pathé

2 rue Lamennais
Paris
France

T + 33 171 723 305

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