Self Made tells the story of two women - one Israeli, the other Palestinian- who are trapped within their respective worlds. After a mix-up at a checkpoint, they find themselves living the life of the other on the opposite side of the border.
A unit of new recruits sent to patrol Gaza during the First Intifada in 1989. A washing machine is deliberately pushed from the roof of a building as the patrol moves past, killing one of the soldiers. The perpetrator cannot be found. Four of the young soldiers are assigned to uncomfortable, boring, surveillance duty atop the roof, interacting with the Arab family that lives in the building.
Tras ser descubierto su oscuro secreto, un joven de 20 años y su hermana se escapan de casa. Se refugian temporalmente en una reserva natural desierta, pero la chica cae en una trampa de caza, tendida por un psicótata, lo que obliga a su hermano a una carrera contrarreloj para rescatarla. Mientras tanto, un guarda forestal y su viejo perro, dos policías apáticos, cuatro jugadores de tenis y un asesino vagan despreocupadamente por la zona.
The movie is based on the events in South Ossetia in August 2008, and portraying a brutal Georgian army engaging in ethnic cleansing at the behest of its omnipresent American masters.
This human drama centers around two loner Russian soldiers who are caught smuggling arms and consequently arrested. The two characters do not want to lose their honor as soldiers even though they have committed a crime considered unforgivable in military society and want go through an honorable military trial. The military is not at all concerned with their wishes, and pushes to get them tried as civilians. This causes conflicts that send the story towards an unexpected direction.
