Under the Bombs
★ 6.6 · 2007 · 98m · Romance · Drama · History · War
In the wake of Israel's 2006 bombardment of Lebanon, a determined woman finds her way into the country convincing a taxi driver to take a risky journey around the scarred region in search of her sister and her son.
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