Synopsis
A Palestinian boy becomes entranced with a beautiful Romani 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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Michel KhleifiDirector
- Michel KhleifiWriter
- Abed AzrieOriginal Music Composer
- Jean-Marie SéniaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Mohammad NahhalYusef
- Hana' Nc'mchAida #1
- Makram J. KhouryAbu Iman
- Bushra QaramanYusef's mother
- Ghassan Abu LibdaSalah
- Mohammad BakriAida's father
- Raida AdonSuad
- Mohammed SheikhSamir
- Hana' Ne'mehAida
- Amir HalabiSalah's father
- Umm FayezAida's grandmother
- Ahmad Abu Sal'oumYusef's father
Stills
Themes
melancholyphilosophicalcompassionatepowerfultragic