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112 min -
Drama, Palestinian struggle against the Zionist entity (Israel) -
2 January 1995
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A Palestinian boy becomes entranced with a beautiful Gypsy girl and a fairy tale world she weaves amidst conflict in Gaza. The children explore nature, mysticism and what their future holds, while learning to live with the surrounding brutality c. 1990. Yusef's family scrapes by in a seaside camp while his father's in prison and his heavily-armed brother's on the run, parrying with Israeli troops. Salah, Yusef's schoolmate from a well-off Arab family strives faithfully to assist them, while Yusef helps an elderly, blind neighbor escape from his lonely abandonment into the North American dreamworld he's waited so long for.
Writers:
Michel Khleifi
Stars:
Mohammed Nahnal (Yosef), Hana' Ne'meh (Aida), Bushra Karaman (Yusef's mother as Bushra Qaraman), Raida Adon (Suad), Makram Khoury (Abu Iman), Mohammed Sheikh (Samir), Ghassan Abu Libda (Salah), Amin Halabi (Salah's father), Mohammad Bakri (Aida's father as Mohammed Bakri), Um Fayez (Aida's grandmother), Ahmad Abu Sal'oum (Yosef's father), Khalifa Natour (Officer #1), Dirar Suleiman (Officer #2).
A Palestinian boy becomes entranced with a beautiful Gypsy girl and a fairy tale world she weaves amidst conflict in Gaza. The children explore nature, mysticism and what their future holds, while learning to live with the surrounding brutality c. 1990. Yusef's family scrapes by in a seaside camp while his father's in prison and his heavily-armed brother's on the run, parrying with Israeli troops. Salah, Yusef's schoolmate from a well-off Arab family strives faithfully to assist them, while Yusef helps an elderly, blind neighbor escape from his lonely abandonment into the North American dreamworld he's waited so long for.
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