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Once Upon a Time in Gaza (2025)
Directed by Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser
Drama · 1h 27m
In 2007, Yahya works at his friend Osama’s falafel shop in Gaza, which doubles as a drug dealing front. His entanglement leads him to witness a terrible crime. A couple years later, Gaza’s Ministry of Culture randomly chooses Yahya to star in a TV series that highlights martyrs and heroes of the resistance. As conflict simmers in the distance, Yahya unexpectedly receives real weapons, heightening the stakes as the show provides him with an opportunity to confront the perpetrator of the offense that changed his life.
Cast
Nader Abd Alhay
Yahya
Majd Eid
Osama
Ramzi Maqdisi
Abou Sami
Is'haq Elias
The Director
S
Said Saada
The Productor
H
Hussein Nakhleh
The Minister of Foreign Affairs
O
Osama Malhas
The Minister of the Interior
A
Abood Obeid
The Minister of Religious Affairs
M
Michael Zananiri
Israeli Officer
H
Hayfa Alrabee
Government Employee
M
Mohammed Theyab
Neurologist
R
Reem Hassouneh
Reem Hassouneh Pharmacist
Crew
- Director
- Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser
- Screenplay
- Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser, Marie Legrand, Amer Nasser
- Director of Photography
- Christophe Graillot
- Original Music Composer
- Amine Bouhafa
- Editor
- Sophie Reine
- Producer
- Rani Massalha
Details
- Original title
- كان ياما كان في غزة
- Release date
- 2025-06-25
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic
- Countries
- France, Portugal, Germany, United Kingdom, Palestinian Territory, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic
- Production
- Les Films du Tambour, Kometa Films, Made in Palestine Project, Ukbar Filmes, Riva Film, Jordan Pioneers