The lurch towards political polarisation and extremism in Tel Aviv in the 1930s is explored through the story of a couple who find themselves on opposite sides of an increasingly charged divide in Michael Winterbottom's ambitious, factually inspired thriller. Shoshana Borochov (Irina Starshenbaum) is a Jewish journalist who, like her Zionist father before her, leans to the left politically. Thomas Wilkin (Douglas Booth) is a British-born assistant superintendent in the Palestinian police force who considers the region to be his home. At times, the film can get a little bogged down in the intricacies of various Zionist factions. However, a more fundamental issue is the fact that Starshenbaum and Booth don't quite gel as an on-screen couple.
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