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Hiam Abbass - what members say

Paradise Now review by Essoldo from Bodmin

Wonderful film - but perhaps not for everyone 29 June 2010
... Nashif as Said, whose stillness and expressiveness is absolutely haunting, and Hiam Abbass as his mother likewise. The direction is a model of restraint - I dread to thin... Read customer review

Lemon Tree review by A customer from London

Film about conflict 8 March 2010
...Based on a real life event, the film features lemons instead of olives. Hiam Abbass is convincing as the lonely Palestinian widow who fights to save her lemon grove when... Read customer review

Hiam Abbass - filmography

The Promise (2 discs) on DVD (2011)
Starring: Christian Cooke, Claire Foy, Itay Tiran
Director: Peter Kosminsky, Madagascar
Certificate:
Claire Foy and Christian Cooke star in Peter Kosminsky's four-part drama serial. 18-year-old Erin sets out on an emotional journey when she retraces her grandfather's footsteps.

82% from 689 members

The Promise - Blu-ray (2 discs) (2011)
Starring: Christian Cooke, Claire Foy, Itay Tiran
Director: Madagascar
Certificate:
Shot entirely on location in the Middle East, Peter Kosminsky's (WHITE OLEANDER, BRITZ) epic drama serial THE PROMISE tells the story of 18-year-old Londoner Erin (Claire Foy, LITTLE DORRIT) and her efforts to fulfil a promise made by her grandfather over 60 years ago. When Erin spends her summer ..read more »

79% from 308 members

Amreeka (2011)
Starring: Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass
Director: Cherien Dabis
Certificate:
A drama centered on an immigrant single mother and her teenage son in small town Illinois.

51% from 16 members
Currently unavailable

Miral on DVD (2010)
Starring: Hiam Abbass, Ruba Blal, Freida Pinto
Director: Julian Schnabel
Certificate:
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A chronicle of Hind Husseini's effort to establish an orphanage in Jerusalem after the 1948 partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel.

62% from 510 members

I Am Slave on DVD (2010)
Starring: Isaach De Bankolé, Wunmi Mosaku, Isaach De Bankole
Director: Gabriel Range
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
From the Director of Death of a President this Bafta nominated story is based on the real-life experiences of Mende Nazer. Twelve-year-old Malia, is abducted from her village by Arab militia and sold into slavery to a woman in Khartoum. After six years she is sent to London, where her name is ..read more »

67% from 396 members

The Limits of Control on DVD (2009)
Starring: Isaach De Bankole, Alex Descas, Jean-Francois Stevenin
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
A mysterious loner attempts to successfully complete his criminal mission while operating outside of the law in contemporary Spain. His objectives shrouded in secrecy, the untrusting lone wolf (Isaach de Bankolé) sets out on his latest assignment knowing that the law is never too far behind. Bill ..read more »

52% from 1,835 member

Disengagement (2009)
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Liron Levo, Jeanne Moreau
Director: Amos Gitai
Certificate:
Focuses on family relations set against Israel's pull out from the Gaza strip in 2005.

54% from 10 members
Currently unavailable

Pomegranates and Myrrh (2008)
Starring: Yasmine Elmasri, Hiam Abbass, Walid Abdul Salam
Director: Najwa Najjar
Certificate:
Ramallah this decade. A free spirited female dancer, Kamar, finds herself the wife of a prisoner, Zaid, and away from everything she loves until she returns to the dance, defying society's taboos. At the dance Kamar is confronted with Kais, a Palestinian returnee, who has taken Kamar's role as the ..read more »

53% from 6 members
Currently unavailable

Lemon Tree on DVD (2008)
Starring: Hiam Abbass, Doron Tavory, Ali Suliman
Director: Eran Riklis
Certificate:
A drama based on the true story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemontree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down.

74% from 1,925 member

Conversations With My Gardener on DVD (2007)
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Fanny Cottençon
Director: Jean Becker
Certificate:
A successful, fifty-something Parisian artist goes back to his roots and returns to provincial France and his childhood home. He has neither the energy nor the talent to keep up the sprawling land around the house, and takes out a small ad to find some local help. Completely by chance, the first ..read more »

77% from 2,689 members

The Visitor on DVD (2007)
Starring: Hiam Abbass, Amir Arison, Richard Jenkins
Director: Thomas McCarthy
Certificate:
A poignant and often funny film about rediscovering joy in the most unexpected places, The Visitor boasts an international cast including Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Dabai Gurira and Haim Abbass. Sixty-two-year old Walter Vale (Jenkins) is sleepwalking through his life. Having lost his passion ..read more »

70% from 8,639 members

The Nativity Story on DVD (2006)
Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Certificate:
A drama that focuses on the period in Mary and Joseph's life where they journeyed to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.

64% from 2,094 members

Azur and Asmar - The Princes' Quest on DVD (2006)
Starring: Cyril Mourali, Karim M'Riba, Hiam Abbass
Director: Michel Ocelot
Certificate:
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Azure is a blond boy with blue eyes, Asmar has dark hair and dark eyes. As kids, they fought and loved each other as brothers do. As grown ups, they mercilessly become rivals in the quest for the Djinn's fairy, in a medieval Maghreb, full of dangers, magic spells and wonders.

60% from 1,233 member

Munich on DVD (2005)
Starring: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Geoffrey Rush
Director: Steven Spielberg
Certificate:
Inspired by real events, Munich reveals the intense story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and assassinate the 11 Palestinians believed to have planned the 1972 Munich massacre of 11 Israel athletes - and the personal toll this mission of revenge takes on the team and the man who ..read more »

66% from 61,293 members

Paradise Now on DVD (2005)
Starring: Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal
Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Certificate:
Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.

68% from 4,623 members

Syrian Bride (2004)
Starring: Hiam Abbass, Makram Khoury, Clara Khoury
Director: Eran Riklis
Certificate:
In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the Revolution Studios in Damascus, Syria. When the family gathers for Mona's wedding, an insane bureaucracy ..read more »

57% from 11 members
Currently unavailable

Satin Rouge (2002)
Starring: Hiam Abbass, Hend El Fahem, Maher Kamoun
Director: Raja Amari
Certificate:
Raja Amari's first feature length film SATIN ROUGE is a meditation on the transformative powers of self-expression. Lilia (Hiam Abbass) is a widowed Tunisian housewife, tired of living in the shadow of others. She follows her daughter Salma (Hend El Fahem), and discovers she is having a secret ..read more »

48% from 17 members
Currently unavailable

Hiam Abbass facts

5 most recent films

The Promise - 4.0 stars
The Promise - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Amreeka - 2.5 stars
Miral - 3.0 stars
I Am Slave - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Promise - 4.0 stars
The Promise - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Conversations With My Gardener - 4.0 stars
Lemon Tree - 3.5 stars
The Visitor - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Satin Rouge - 2.5 stars
Amreeka - 2.5 stars
Pomegranates and Myrrh - 2.5 stars
Disengagement - 2.5 stars
Syrian Bride - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ali Suliman - 8 times - show films
Haaz Sleiman - 7 times - show films
Iain McKee - 6 times - show films
Ben Miles - 6 times - show films
Christian Cooke - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Madagascar - 6 times - show films
Peter Kosminsky - 3 times - show films
Michel Ocelot - 2 times - show films
Julian Schnabel - 2 times - show films
Jim Jarmusch - 2 times - show films