Miral
2011, PG-13, 114 min.
Directed by Julian Schnabel, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Hiam Abbass, Freida Pinto, Omar Metwally, Willem Dafoe, Alexander Siddig, Vanessa Redgrave.

Not reviewed at press time. This film is based on a book by Schnabel’s partner, Rula Jebreal. On the eve of the Intifada, a Palestinian girl from an orphanage is caught between her love for an activist and her belief in education. The Weinstein Company decided to open Miral in Austin without screening it for critics.

This article appears in April 15 • 2011.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.