SummaryMiral is the story of four women whose lives intertwine in the starkly human search for justice, hope and reconciliation amid a world overshadowed by conflict, rage and war. The story begins in war-torn Jerusalem in 1948 when Hind Husseini opens an orphanage for refugee children that quickly becomes home to 2000 orphans. One of the children is se... Read More
Directed By:Julian Schnabel
Written By:Rula Jebreal
Miral
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45
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Mixed or Average
16% Positive
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Mar 23, 2011
67
Confused? So is Miral, a film that makes bits and pieces of the Palestinian experience come alive without assembling them into a coherent vision.
Mar 25, 2011
60
Any film as politically specific as Miral needs to be addressed on two levels, as a movie and as, from a certain viewpoint, a polemic. If a viewer can separate one from the other - and some may not - there's an intense, novelistic drama here.
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Apr 3, 2011
10
I found MIRAL exhilarating. Schnabel receives Jebreal's story with care, and sharpens it with his mastery in painting with an incredible cinematography. His camera work has been characterized as shaky, but i think he is a master of framing; he conveys the unrest of the Israel-Palestine conflict through his angles, his choice of shots, the jeeringly touching music, and by his thematic taste. Maybe because I watched the film in the Angelika, among many Palestinians and Jews, maybe because I got to spoke to Jebreal and Schnabel after the screening, I am enthusiastic about the significance of the mere action of putting out there a film that concerns this conflict at this given time in history. Whatever the aesthetic and cinematic significance MIRAL shall have in the future, it will definitely make you question where the truth lies in respect to both sides' role in the conflict. Well done.
Apr 15, 2011
50
The few Jewish characters are cartoonishly evil, but even the Palestinians are sketchily dramatized or, in the case of a terrorist, clumsily legitimized.
Mar 25, 2011
50
Miral stumbles, both thematically and stylistically. The two things that undermine the director's balance? Peace and love.
Mar 21, 2011
50
Schnabel's signature blend of splintered storytelling and sobering humanism feels misapplied to this sweeping multigenerational saga.
Mar 25, 2011
25
Combining narrative heavy-handedness with an airy disdain for the details of the situation, director Julian Schnabel gives us a one-sided view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Miral.
Apr 2, 2011
8
This film greatly exceeded my expectations. I'm a fan of Julian Schnabel (esp "Diving Bell & The Butterfly"), but I figured the casting of Freida Pinto signaled that the film overly slanted in one direction. I was surprised to see some balance, and I appreciated the focus on education, and the danger of putting education aside for the sake of politics and political struggle. Hiam Abbass is outSTANding as the founder of the school for girls, and Miral's father Alexander Siddig does another terrific job in a critical role. The brief historical clips are truly interesting and help to advance the storyline effectively.
Oct 2, 2022
4
Good intentions and the attitude of discussing the issue are useless if what you sell as a movie, you never approached it that way.
Miral is boring and wearisome; it just goes by and assumes no responsibility. Saying it was underwhelming is a bit of understatement.
Production Company:
- The Weinstein Company
- Pathé
- Eran Riklis Productions
- Eagle Pictures
- India Take One Productions
- Grandview Pictures
- Canal+
- CinéCinéma
Release Date:Mar 25, 2011
Duration:1 h 52 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Is this the face of a terrorist?
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Awards
Venice Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Gran Premio Internazionale del Doppiaggio
• 2 Nominations
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
