Bottle in the Sea of Gaza
2012

Tal is 17 years old. Naïm is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They both live their lives until one day a bottle is thrown in the sea.

100 min
Languages: French , Arabic , Hebrew
Subtitles: English

Cast

Tal - Agathe Bonitzer
Naïm - Mahmoud Shalaby
Intessar - Hiam Abbass
Hakim - Loai Noufi
Eytan - Abraham Belaga
Dan - Jean-Philippe Ecoffey
Myriam - Smadi Wolfman
Thomas - François Loriquet
Uri - Max Yan Oleartchik
Efrat - Riff Cohen
Ahmed - Salim Daw

Credits

Directed by - Thierry Binisti
Written by - Valérie Zenatti & Thierry Binisti
Produced by - Miléna Poylo & Gilles Sacuto – TS productions
Co Produced by - Amir Harel & Ayelet Kait, Anne-Marie Gélinas

In participation with   FRANCE 3 CINEMA, EMA FILMS, CANAL +, FRANCE TELEVISIONS,  CINECINEMA, Israel Film Fund

Director of Photography - Laurent Brunet - AFC 
Editor - Jean-Paul Husson
Art Director - Boaz Katznelson
Costumes Designer - Hamada Attalah 
Makeup Artist - Orly Ronen

 

 

Story

Tal is 17 years old. Naïm is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. They must endure an explosive situation that is not of their choosing at an age where young people are falling in love and taking their place in adult life.
Only 60 miles separate them but how many bombings, check-points, sleepless nights and bloodstained days stand between them?