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Hikayatul jawahiri thalath

1995

Michel Khleifi

1995·BelgiumBelgiumSpainSpainPSPSUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom
Award tierBronze

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.

Cast

Mohammed Nahnal·Hana' Nc'mch·Bushra Karaman·Raida Adon

Producers

Omar Al-Qattan·Pierre Chevalier·Jérôme Clément·Ritchie Cogan·Peter Firstbrook

Languages

SAArabic

Major Awards

0 wins · 1 nomination

Nominations (1)

Festival Grand Prize

Cannes Film Festival (1995)

Directors' Fortnight

Michel Khleifi