

Israeli attorney Hanna Kaufman has her beliefs challenged when she is appointed to the defense of Selim Bakri. Kaufman, who was born in the United States to survivors of the Holocaust, has always accepted Israel's right to exist. But she bears witness to some of the costs of its sovereignty when she meets Bakri, a dispossessed Palestinian man facing serious criminal charges who wants the same thing as his supposed enemies: to reclaim his family home.

Jill Clayburgh
Hanna Kaufman

Jean Yanne
Victor Bonnet

Gabriel Byrne
Joshué Herzog

David Clennon
Ammon
Shimon Finkel
Professor Leventhal
Oded Kotler
The Stranger

Michal Bat-Adam
Russian Woman
Dafna Levy
Dafna
Dan Muggia
Allenby Bridge Captain
Robert Sommer
President of the Court

Ronald Guttman
Warden

Bruno Corazzari
President of the Court
Amnon Kapeliouk
Judge
Dalik Wollinitz
Check Point Sergeant

Luca Barbareschi
Young Lawyer
Gideon Amir
Court Lawyer

William Berger
German Journalist
Murray Gronwall
Jail Interpreter

Cyrus Elias
Jail Parlor Guard
Izviad Arad
Tourist Guide
Costa-Gavras
Franco Solinas, Costa-Gavras
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