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Is it an Analogy to Israeli Palestinian conflict?


I recommend watching this movie as an analogy for situations for when you can sympathize with two sides of a conflict but also need to see how there is no easy answer. I see a very strong metaphor to the Israel-Palestine conflict, without giving too much away, view the Iranian, Behrani (Ben Kingsley), as the Israelis, being evicted from their home in Europe after World War II due to a decent into madness and attempting to build a new home with a great deal of hard work, and Kathy as the Palestinians, who rightfully own the house but had it re-possessed. View Lester the Police Officer as the other Arab/Iranian counties and the Lawyer as the Americans. View the sex scene as the thrill and exhilaration of conflict.

I’ve seen no other movie on this topic that so well fits this topic, and I’m not sure if the Author intended this interpretation, however, there is this quote in the movie about the land of milk and honey, which is a biblical reference to Israel.

“Dat's what they say of this country back home, Kath: 'America, the land of milk and honey.' Bot they never tell you the milk's gone sour and the honey's stolen.”

Does anyone know whether this is intentional?

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