International Competition · 46th Edition
Once Upon a time in Gaza
ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA
Director
Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser
Country
France, Palestine, Germany, Portugal, Qatar, Jordan
Runtime
1 h 27 min
Language
Arabic
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
Gaza, 2007. Yahya, a young student, forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they start peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but they are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego.
Cast
Nader Abd Alhay, Majd Eid, Ramzi Maqdisi
Screenplay
Amer Nasser, Marie Legrand, Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser
Producers
Rani Massalha, Muriel Merlin, Pandora da Cunha Telles, Pablo Iraola, Rashid Abdelhamid, Marie Legrand, Lena Zimmerhackel, Michael Eckelt, Dorothe Beinemeier
About the Director
Twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza in 1988 and started their filmmaking careers with their Cannes-selected short CONDOM LEAD before making their first feature film, DÉGRADÉ, which premiered in the 68th Cannes’ Critics’ Week.Their second feature, GAZA MON AMOUR, premiered in the Orrizonti Section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival and was Palestine’s submission to the 93rd Academy Awards.
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