A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
Released March 23rd 2012
A film by Thierry Binisti
Produced by Anne-Marie Gélinas, Amir Harel, Ayelet Kait, Miléna Poylo and Gilles Sacuto
With Agathe Bonitzer, Mahmoud Shalaby and Hiam Abbass
Jerusalem and Gaza - less than a hundred kilometers separate the two cities; home to Tal, a 17 year old recent French immigrant to Jerusalem, and Naïm, a 20 year old Palestinian confined to Gaza.
After witnessing a bombing at her local café, Tal refuses to accept that only hatred can exist between these two peoples. She slips a message into a bottle, thrown into the Gaza Sea that will be discovered by Naïm. From there begins an email correspondence and the emergence of a slim hope that their burgeoning friendship may give them the strength to face the world and to change it in their own small way.
CANADA/FRANCE/ISRAEL | 2011 | DRAMA | 99 MINUTES | HD
FRENCH, HEBREW AND ARABIC WITH ENGLISH AND FRENCH SUBTITLES
“★★★★”
