US EditionTelling Gaza's Story Beyond the Rubble
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The Nasser brothers imagine the story of a salesman of falafels who is forced to play in a propaganda film. A polar about the life of the Gazans, bankal but where the appetite for fiction shines.
This Wednesday, June 25, in "La Matinale", the film journalists of the "World" deliver their reviews of films to discover in the theater among the releases of the day. This week takes us from Singapore to the Gaza Strip, passing through Iran and Afghanistan.
Telling Gaza's story beyond the rubble
In this episode of Arts 24, Eve Jackson speaks with Arab Nasser, co-director of "Once Upon a Time in Gaza" – a striking, Cannes‑awarded film that reframes Gaza not through destruction, but through resilience, surrealism and cinematic boldness. Blending genre and personal memory, the film offers a hauntingly beautiful portrait of life under siege.
Among the movie releases of the week in France, "Once Upon a Time in Gaza" by the brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser, Palestinian directors exiled in Marseilles. Their third feature film tells with despair and humour the tragic confinement of three characters in Gaza in 2007.
In 2007, while Hamas won the elections in Gaza, Yahya joined with a charismatic salesman of falafels. Together, the shy student and colossus will become (all) small drug sponsors. Two years later, and an event...
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