Beyond the Walls (1984)

Beyond the Walls (1984)

  • 7.5
  • 103 mins
  • Drama

Storyline

In an Israeli penitentiary, a race war threatens to erupt between the two gangs. Jewish criminals, including drug users and rapists, are imprisoned next to Arab war criminals, and the hostility is only escalated by the interference of prison security, who frame the Arabs for the murder of a Jewish prisoner. The two rival camps -- headed by Israeli Uri (Arnon Zadock) and Arab Issan (Mohammed Bakri) -- decide to form an unlikely union that may or may not put a stop to the bloodshed.



Short Review

This taut Israeli prison drama, in which Jews and Arabs are thrown together, was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film.


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