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Solomon's Stone

Solomon's Stone

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Solomon's Stone

2015

0h 25m

7.0(1 votes)

Drama

Overview

Hussein, a Palestinian young man, receives a letter from the Israeli post office in which he must show up to pick up a mysterious delivery. What he finds out right there is that he has to pay US$ 20,000 to take it out.

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Ramzi Maqdisi

Ramzi Maqdisi

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Directed by: Ramzi Maqdisi

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