Israeli attorney Hanna Kaufman's beliefs are challenged when she's appointed to the defense of Selim Bakri. Kaufman, born in the United States to survivors of the Holocaust, has always accepted Israel's right to exist. However, she bears witness to some of its sovereign costs when she meets Bakri, a dispossessed Palestinian man facing serious criminal charges who wants the same thing as his supposed enemies: to reclaim his family home.
Acting
Jill Clayburgh's unraveling — every micro-expression is a political statement.
Direction
Costa-Gavras weaponizes the courtroom as ideology theater.
Writing
Dialogue that dares you to pick a side, then punishes you for trying.
Director
Costa-Gavras
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