
Miral is a 2010 film directed by Julian Schnabel. The screenplay was written by Rula Jebreal, based on her novel. The film was released on 3rd September at the 2010 Venice Film Festival. Miral will then go on for release in France on 15 September, and limited release on December 3, 2010 in New York. A chronicle of Hind Husseini's effort to establish an orphanage in Jerusalem after the 1948 partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel. Jerusalem, 1948. On her way to work, Hind Husseini (Hiam Abbass) comes across 55 orphaned children in the street. She takes them home to give them food and shelter. Within six months, 55 had grown to almost 2000, and the Dar Al-Tifel Institute was born. In 1978, at the age of 7, Miral (Freida Pinto) was sent to the Institute by her father following her mother's death. Brought up safely inside the Institute's walls, she is naïve to the troubles that surround her. Then, at the age of 17, she is assigned to teach at a refugee camp where she is awakened to the reality of her people's struggle. When she falls for political activist, Hani, she finds herself torn between the fight for the future of her people and Mama Hind's belief that education is the road to peace.- en.wikipedia.org Actress Freida Pinto was interviewed after her 2010 Toronto International Film Festival premiere of Julian Schnabel's Miral. From wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org Freida Pinto (born 18 October 1984) is an Indian actress and professional model best known <b>...</b>
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