A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2013)
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67% of critics liked it
(12 reviews) -
65% of users liked it
(269 ratings)
17-year-old Tal has emigrated from France to Jerusalem with her family. She writes a letter expressing her refusal to accept that only hatred can reign between Israelis and Palestinians. She slips the letter into a bottle, and her brother throws it into the sea near Gaza, where he is carrying out… More 17-year-old Tal has emigrated from France to Jerusalem with her family. She writes a letter expressing her refusal to accept that only hatred can reign between Israelis and Palestinians. She slips the letter into a bottle, and her brother throws it into the sea near Gaza, where he is carrying out his military service. A few weeks later, Tal receives an e-mail response from a mysterious "Gazaman," a young Palestinian named Nam. Thus begins a turbulent but tender long-distance friendship between two young people that are separated by a history they are trying both to understand and change. This engrossing and hopeful drama starring Hiam Abbas is based on the award-winning novel by Valrie Zenatti. (c) Film Movement
- Directed By
- Thierry Binisti
- Written By
- Thierry Binisti, Valérie Zenatti
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 4, 2013 Limited
- Studio
- Film Movement
Critic Reviews
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V.A. Musetto, New York Post
It raises the hope that someday, perhaps, there can be a meeting of Israeli and Palestinian minds.
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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
A gentle pairing of youthful idealism and tenacious hope.
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Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
What elevates [it] ... is the gentleness with which Binisti approaches his difficult subject.
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Jon Frosch, Village Voice
Although smoothly directed, A Bottle in the Gaza Sea has little visual personality or dramatic urgency.
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David Fear, Time Out New York
The film's notion that a little understanding and a lot of e-mailing would basically solve the Middle East crisis ... is as reductive as it is utopian.
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Cast
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Agathe Bonitzer
as Tal
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Mahmoud Shalaby
as Naim
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Riff Cohen
as Effrat
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Hiam Abbass
as Intessar
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Abraham Belaga
as Eytan, Eytan Levine
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Jean-Philippe Écoffey
as Dan
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Smadi Wolfman
as Myriam
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Salim Daw
as Ahmed
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Loai Nofi
as Hakim
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François Loriquet
as Thomas, Thomas Morin
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Hiam Abbas
as Intessar
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Reef Cohen
as Efrat
