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Gaza mon amour

2020

Mohammed Abou Nasser, Ahmad Abou Nasser

Salim Dau, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abd Elhadi, George Iskandar ...

6.1

649

Drama. Comedy. Romance Gaza, today. Sixty-year-old Sherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, he discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When Hamas discovers the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for Issa... Will he succeed in declaring his love to Siham?

	Author	Review
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"A touching comedy (...) [It] has hints of Jim Jarmusch and Aki Kaurismäki (...) It’s a rather ludicrous tale set in an even more ludicrous world, but a world that in many ways exists"	POS
	Fabien Lemercier Cineuropa	"A subtly stripped-back work, painting an ironic picture of the state of play in the Gaza Strip"	POS
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"[It] feel[s] a little like a gossamer-weight short that has been stretched to breaking point at a hair under 90 minutes — only just sustained by its vivid sense of place and the unforced charisma of stars Salim Daw and Hiam Abbass."	NEU
United Kingdom	Jonathan Romney Screendaily	"Altogether low-key but highly likeable"	POS

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