The Smile of the Lamb

This Israelimade film is set along the battletorn West Bank Military governor Makram Khouri tries to flush out some fugitive PLO activists by hanging the rotting stinking carcass of a dead donkey in a village square Israeli doctor Rami Danon forgets his animosity towards the PLO and out of compassion cuts the carcass down For disobeying Khouris orders Danon becomes as much a fugitive as the Palestinians While in hiding Danon befriends Arab hermit Tuncel Kurtiz whose adopted son is a member of the PLO