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TIFFReviews.com - In Recycle, we watch Abu Amar, an ex-soldier in the Soviet-Afghan war, try to make a peaceful living by collecting and recycling cardboard in the streets of Zarqa, Jordan. His son accompanies him in his daily work, but nothing much arises from the film. Living room conversations with friends about al-Zarqawi, the late and infamous al-Qaeda leader who grew up in Zarqa, sparks short moments of intrigue, but for the most part, the film is drowned out with Abu Amar’s mundane activities. A whole segment is spent on retrieving camel’s milk for Amar’s sick mother, a questionable choice by director Mahmoud al Massad, who doesn’t appear to guide the film in any sort of direction.
Rating: 
4.0/10
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