Film · 2017
Omerta
Directed by Hansal Mehta · starring Rajkummar Rao and Rajesh Tailang
- 1 h 36 min
- Drama
India
Synopsis
'Omerta' tells the story of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British 43 years old terrorist of Pakistani descent, who has committed several attacks, including the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002. The title meaning is an Italian term for a criminal code of honor that means the non-cooperation with the authorities. Despite he was imprisioned he continued to be linked with criminal plots, the most notorious one related with the kidnapping of Daniel Pearl.
The essentials
- Runtime
- 96 min1 hour and 36 minutes
- How long is Omerta?
- 1 hour and 36 minutes (96 minutes).
- Who directed Omerta?
- Hansal Mehta.
- Who is in Omerta?
- It stars Rajkummar Rao and Rajesh Tailang.
Cast
Full cast (4)
- Director
- Hansal Mehta
- Writers
- Hansal Mehta
Reviews
See the reviewWhat the critics say
- VarietyDennis Harvey
'Omertà' doesn?t penetrate deep enough to provide a resonant portrait of sociopathy. Nor does it spell out the specifics of Saeed?s political or (particularly) religious convictions.
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