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200 Meters

6.8(56)20201h 36m2

Mustafa and his wife Salwa come from two Palestinian villages that are only 200 meters apart, but separated by the wall. Their unusual living situation is starting to affect their otherwise happy marriage, but the couple does what they can to make it work. Every night, Mustafa flashes a light from his balcony to wish his children on the other side a goodnight, and they signal him back. One day Mustafa gets a call that every parent dreads: his son has been in an accident. He rushes to the checkpoint where he must agonisingly wait in line only to find out there is a problem with his fingerprints and is denied entry. Desperate, Mustafa resorts to hiring a smuggler to bring him across. His once 200-meter journey becomes a 200-kilometer odyssey joined by other travellers determined to cross.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
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Language
Arabic
  • palestine
  • border
  • affectation
  • angry
  • illegal border crossing
  • zealous
  • absurd
  • dramatic
  • whimsical
  • admiring
  • ambiguous
  • ambivalent

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Ameen Nayfeh

Produced in

Italy, Jordan, Palestinian Territory, Qatar, Sweden

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Videos

Release dates

  • United KingdomGB

    • Digital / OTT15Netflix9 Dec 2021
  • BrazilBR

    • Digital / OTT1616 Sept 2021
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical9 Jun 2021
    • PhysicalDVD20 Oct 2021
  • GreeceGR

    • TheatricalΚ4 Nov 2021
  • HungaryHU

    • Digital / OTT1624 Oct 2021
  • IndonesiaID

    • PremiereMadani International Film Festival9 Oct 2023
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereVenice Days8 Sept 2020
    • Theatrical25 Aug 2022
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical99 Jun 2021
  • PolandPL

    • Digital / OTT1624 Oct 2021
  • RomaniaRO

    • Theatrical188 Sept 2020
  • RussiaRU

    • PremiereMoscow International Film Festival23 Apr 2021
  • South KoreaKR

    • PremiereBusan International Film Festival28 Oct 2020

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200 Meters was released on 8 September 2020.

Audience reviews

1
  • B

    badelf

    12/29/2023

    5/10

    I've seen a lot of great Arab and Israeli films dealing with the thin, imaginary line between these cultures. This film just doesn't cut it. There are too many holes in the story for this movie to be of value. The biggest is, of course, why does the protagonist choose his Palestinianism over his wife and children? The director offers absolutely no hints for what is probably the most critical viewer question. There ar…

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