''Gaza mon amour'' () is a drama film, directed by
Tarzan Nasser and
Arab Nasser and released in 2020.
[Jonathan Romney]
"'Gaza Mon Amour': Venice Review"
''Screen Daily
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'', September 4, 2020. It is a coproduction of companies from
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and
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The film premiered at the
2020 Venice Film Festival.
[ It was subsequently screened at the ]2020 Toronto International Film Festival
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, where it was named the winner of the NETPAC Award The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) is a worldwide organization of 29 member countries. It was created as the result of a conference on Asian cinema organized by Cinemaya, the Asian Film Quarterly, in New Delhi in 1990 at the inst ...
for best Asian film at the festival.[Etan Vlessing]
"Toronto: Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Wins Audience Award"
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'', September 20, 2020. It was selected as the Palestinian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards
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, but it was not nominated.
Synopsis
Issa, a 60-year-old fisherman in Gaza has never had the courage to tell Siham he's in love with her. When he finds a phallic sculpture of the Greek god Apollo
Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label=Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label= ...
in his fishing net, he believes his luck may have turned around.
Cast
*Salim Daw
Salim Daw (also spelled Salim Dau, ar, سليم ضو; born 1950) is an Israeli-Arab actor. With appearances in more than 60 works of stage, television and film, he is perhaps best known for portraying Mohamed Al-Fayed on seasons 5 and 6 of Netf ...
as Issa
*Hiam Abbass
Hiam Abbass ( ar, هيام عباس, he, היאם עבאס; born 30 November 1960), also Hiyam Abbas, is a Palestinian actress and film director.
Personal life
Hiam Abbass was born in Nazareth, Israel, to a Muslim Arab family. She was raised ...
as Siham
See also
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References
External links
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2020 films
2020 drama films
Palestinian drama films
French drama films
German drama films
Portuguese drama films
Qatari drama films
2020s Arabic-language films
2020s French films
Films set in the Gaza Strip
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