The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall

The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall

2008 · 90 min · ★ 6.1 · Drama, TV Movie, History

After Tom Hurndall is shot in the head in Gaza, his parents Anthony and Jocelyn arrive in Israel wanting to know how it could have happened. They expect sympathy and cooperation from the Israeli authorities, but are instead met with an official explanation that fails to tally with any eye-witness accounts, and a wall of silence. When an Israeli army report attempts to whitewash the incident, the Hurndalls decide the only way to establish the truth is to launch their own investigation into the shooting, a process which brings them face to face with both the Open-Fire regulations of the Israeli army in Gaza, and the soldier who pulled the trigger.

Directed by Rowan Joffé · Written by Simon Block

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Stephen Dillane Anthony Hurndall
Kerry Fox Jocelyn Hurndall
Mark Bazeley Tom Fitzalan-Howard
Jodie Whittaker Sophie Hurndall
Harry Treadaway Billy
Matthew McNulty Tom Hurndall
Gus Lewis Freddy
Ziad Bakri Taysir Hayb
Amr Waked Mohamed
Kika Markham Alison
Denise Gough Michelle
Doraid Liddawi Taysir's Colleague 1

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