Against this backdrop of simmering social and ethnic unrest, the bonds of friendship are tested in ways that will surprise and move you. After Amjad shoots and kills an Israeli soldier, Omar is arrested and coerced into becoming a spy in exchange for his freedom.
The three young men are also active as "freedom fighters," dedicated to liberating their people from Israeli control. Omar (Adam Bakri) is a young Palestinian baker who, at great risk to himself, regularly scales the massive wall that runs through occupied Palestine to hang out with his friends, Tarek (Iyad Hoorani) and Amjad (Samer Bisharat), and to carry on a secret romance with his girlfriend, Nadia (Leem Lubany), who also happens to be Tarek's sister. This Oscar-nominated Palestinian film may not be as "fair and balanced" in its depiction of the seemingly endless and intractable Mid East conflict as some might wish it to be, but, like all good social dramas, the movie is far more concerned with exploring the human condition than with scoring political points. "Omar" is so topical in content and authentic in form that it feels as though it had been ripped straight from the morning's headlines.
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