The Attack is a 2012 French/Belgian/Qatari/Egyptian drama film directed by Ziad Doueiri, who is also one of the script writers.
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Cast
Ali Suliman as Amin Jaafari
Reymond Amsalem as Siham Jaafari
Evgenia Dodina as Kim
Dvir Benedek as Raveed
Uri Gavriel as Captain Moshe
Ruba Salameh as Faten
Karim Saleh as Adel
Nisrin Siksik as Leila
Bassem Lulu as Yasser
Ezra Dagan as Ezra Benhaim
Ramzi Maqdisi as Priest
Arieh Worthalter as the man
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 87% of 61 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's consensus reads: "Tense and suspenseful while remaining smart and understated, The Attack honors its complex subject with an intelligent script and captivating performances." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 74 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.