“I wish Ariel Sharon had wiped you all out.” Is it an insult, a humiliation, a hate crime, or perhaps all of the above? If you’re curious as to the answer, it will cost you two hours of your time to find out what happens when a Palestinian refugee (Kamel El Basha) takes a Lebanese Christian (Adel Karam) to court after falling victim to the titular affront. Courtroom dramas are not generally my genre of choice, because while the characters get to leave the courthouse, too often, we don’t. And you can toss jurisprudence out the window here when the opposing attorneys turn out to be father and daughter. The end involves a surprise star witness: a documentary that the prosecuting attorney appears to have managed to whip together (complete with narration) the night before the trial. The rest of the proceedings cling closely to Hollywood’s basic reconciliatory pattern. The more they argued, the more I was convinced that this was not worth my time. Directed and co-written by Ziad Doueiri (Lila Says, The Attack). (2017) — Scott Marks
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