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Tale of the Three Jewels (1995)

Tale of the Three Jewels (1995)

Drama
Release Date: 1995, January 2
Directors: Michel Khleifi
Countries: Belgium, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Palestinian Territory
Production: BBC, Foundation Montecinema Verità, La Sept-Arte, One World of Broadcasters, Sindibad Films, Sourat Films, Television Trust for the Environment, TVE
Cast: Makram J. Khoury, Dirar Suleiman, Mohammad Bakri, Mohammed Sheikh, Raida Adon, Khalifa Natour, Ahmad Abu Sal'oum, Mohammad Nahhal, Hana' Nc'mch, Bushra Qaraman, Ghassan Abu Libda, Hana' Ne'meh

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

powerful tragic compassionate melancholy philosophical