A Bottle in the Gaza Sea

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea

100 mins | Drama | Oct. 8, 2011

Tai is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. They must endure an explosive situation that is not of their choosing at an age where young people are falling in love and taking their place in adult life. A bottle thrown in the sea and a correspondence by email nurture the slender hope that their relationship might give them the strength to confront this harsh reality to grapple with it, and thereby ever so slightly change it. Only 60 miles separate them but how many bombings, check-points, sleepless nights and bloodstained days stand between them?

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea

100 mins | Drama | Oct. 8, 2011

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
Tai is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. They must endure an explosive situation that is not of their choosing at an age where young people are falling in love and taking their place in adult life. A bottle thrown in the sea and a correspondence by email nurture the slender hope that their relationship might give them the strength to confront this harsh reality to grapple with it, and thereby ever so slightly change it. Only 60 miles separate them but how many bombings, check-points, sleepless nights and bloodstained days stand between them?
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers TS Productions, France 3
Original title Une bouteille à la mer
Directors Thierry Binisti
Writers Thierry Binisti, Valerie Zenatti

Cast

Hiam Abbass

as Intessar

Abraham Belaga

as Eytan

Reef Cohen

as Efrat

François Loriquet

as Thomas

Loai Nofi

as Hakim