Hanna K.

Hanna K.

They encouraged her independence. They let her speak. They thought no one would listen. But her questions could bring down the country.

Directed by Costa-Gavras

Produced by KG Productions, Gaumont

1983100 min6.3 / 10

A morally complex legal and political drama that traces one woman's ideological awakening as she confronts the human cost of national sovereignty.

Israeli attorney Hanna Kaufman's beliefs are challenged when she's appointed to the defense of Selim Bakri. Kaufman, born in the United States to survivors of the Holocaust, has always accepted Israel's right to exist. However, she bears witness to some of its sovereign costs when she meets Bakri, a dispossessed Palestinian man facing serious criminal charges who wants the same thing as his supposed enemies: to reclaim his family home.

Questions people ask

  • Is Hanna K. sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Does Hanna K. end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Hanna K. easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Hanna K. violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Hanna K. scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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