Miral is a 2010 biographical political film directed by Julian Schnabel. The screenplay was written by Rula Jebreal, based on her novel. The film was released on 3 September at the 2010 Venice Film Festival and on 15 September 2010 in France. The film was set for release on 3 December 2010 in the United Kingdom, and on 25 March 2011 in the United States. Miral was initially rated R by the MPAA for "some violent content including a sexual assault." Later, however, it was reclassified to PG-13 for "thematic material, and some violent content including a sexual assault" after an appeal of the R... rating by the Weinstein Company. On April 4, 2011, days after the film's US release, Juliano Merr-Khamis, an actor and peace activist who plays Seikh Saabah in the film, was shot to death in his car outside a theatre he had established in a Palestinian refugee camp. A chronicle of Hind Husseini's effort to establish an orphanage in Jerusalem after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Deir Yassin Massacre, and the establishment of the state of Israel.. Jerusalem, 1948. On her way to work, Hind Husseini comes across 55 orphaned children in the street.
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| Release date: | September 3, 2010 |
| Directed by: | Julian Schnabel |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 112 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jon Kilik |
| Editor: | Juliette Welfling |
| Cinematography: | Éric Gautier |
| Screenplay by: | Rula Jebreal |
| Genre: | Biography |