2005 NYFF Good Night, and Good Luck Regular Lovers The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Methadonia L'Enfant (The Child) Avenge But One of My Two Eyes Bubble The Squid and the Whale I Am Capote Something Like Happiness Sympathy for Lady Vengeance Manderlay Tale of Cinema Breakfast on Pluto Through the Forest The President's Last Bang Who's Camus Anyway? Three Times Paradise Now Tristram Shandy Gabrielle The Sun The Passenger Cache (Hidden) Special Events Ticket Information Press Office		The 43rd New York Film Festival September 23 - October 9,2005 Sponsored by Sponsored by HSBC Private Bank, a division of HSBC USA, N.A., The New York Times, and Audi
			Paradise Now From Tel Aviv to London, Baghdad to New York, the suicide bomber has become one of the sad, sorry symbols of our age. Now Dutch-based Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad (Rana’s Wedding) brings us into the world of those who undertake those missions. Winner of several awards at the most recent Berlin Film Festival, Paradise Now chronicles 48 hours in the lives of two young Palestinians, Khaled and Said, who are recruited by a nameless organization for a bombing in Tel Aviv. Best friends since youth, they are pleased they will die together as martyrs. After spending a last evening with their families—to whom they’re forbidden to say goodbye—they set off with the bomb units strapped to their bodies. But their plan goes awry; crossing into Israel they’re separated, and now each man is left alone with his conscience.  Beautifully acted and sensitively written, Paradise Now is another impressive example of the emerging Palestinian cinema. Co-presented by the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. 90 min. Netherlands/Germany/France, 2005 A Warner Independent Pictures Release. * Director expected to attend. Click here for New York Times review and festival coverage. Shown with Solidarity (Joan Stein, USA, 2005, 21 min). What's an identity card amongst old friends?