San Francisco Release of Israeli Film "The Green Prince"
The Green Prince is such an extraordinary story that one is tempted to think it is fiction, if only somebody had the audacity to invent it.
A Palestinian in Ramallah, Mosab Hassan Yousef grows up angry and ready to fight Israel. Arrested for smuggling guns at the age of 17, he’s interrogated by the Shin Bet, Israel's security service, and sent to prison. But shocked by Hamas's ruthless tactics in the prison and the organization's escalating campaign of suicide bombings outside, Mosab agrees to spy for Israel. For him, there is no greater shame. For his Shin Bet handler, Gonen, there is no greater prize: "operating" the oldest son of a founding member of Hamas.
Based on Yousef's memoir, Son of Hamas, The Green Prince is a story of two men, spy and handler, whom history insists must be adversaries. That they could reach a point of trust or friendship seems absurd. Embroidering a tangled web of intrigue, terror, and betrayal, Nadav Schirman builds superb tension throughout a surprisingly emotional journey. Ultimately, The Green Prince is less about political struggle than personal coming-to-terms with responsibility and moral duty. – John Nein, Sundance Film Festival Catalogue
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About the Writer, Director and Producer Nadav Schirman
Schirman’s first feature documentary, The Champagne Spy (2008), won the Israeli Academy Award for Best Documentary, was shortlisted for the European Film Academy Award and won the John Schlesinger Award for Outstanding First Feature. The Champagne Spy centers on a son who discovers his father is a Mossad agent living undercover in Cairo. In Schirman’s second feature documentary, In the Dark Room (2013), the wife and daughter of notorious terrorist Carlos “The Jackal” take a courageous journey beyond the shadows of his myth. In 2012, Schirman launched A-List Films, a Frankfurt and Munich based Production Company that has produced No Place on Earth, The Green Prince and is currently preparing two more international feature documentaries slated for 2014. With The Green Prince, Schirman pushes the boundaries of the documentary genre by shaping a highly dramatic thriller. For 2014 Schirman is now preparing an action-charged dramatic thriller set in the brutal world of illegal immigration in Southern Europe.
Read what the New York Times had to say about The Green Prince.
The Green Prince made its world premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Audience Award for Best World Documentary. It was the Opening Night Film at the 34th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
The Green Prince is a Music Box Films release, runs for 101 minutes, is in English and Hebrew with English subtitles, and is not yet MPAA rated.
