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Tale of the Three Jewels (1995)
Directed by Michel Khleifi
Drama · 1h 52m
A Palestinian boy becomes entranced with a beautiful Romani girl and a fairy tale world she weaves amidst conflict in Gaza. The children explore nature, mysticism and what their future holds, while learning to live with the surrounding brutality c. 1990. Yusef's family scrapes by in a seaside camp while his father's in prison and his heavily-armed brother's on the run, parrying with Israeli troops. Salah, Yusef's schoolmate from a well-off Arab family strives faithfully to assist them, while Yusef helps an elderly, blind neighbor escape from his lonely abandonment into the North American dreamworld he's waited so long for.
Cast
M
Mohammad Nahhal
Yusef
H
Hana' Nc'mch
Aida #1
Makram J. Khoury
Abu Iman
B
Bushra Qaraman
Yusef's mother
G
Ghassan Abu Libda
Salah
Mohammad Bakri
Aida's father
Raida Adon
Suad
M
Mohammed Sheikh
Samir
H
Hana' Ne'meh
Aida
A
Amir Halabi
Salah's father
U
Umm Fayez
Aida's grandmother
A
Ahmad Abu Sal'oum
Yusef's father
Crew
- Director
- Michel Khleifi
- Writer
- Michel Khleifi
- Director of Photography
- Rémon Fromont
- Original Music Composer
- Abed Azrie, Jean-Marie Sénia
- Producer
- Michel Khleifi, Omar Al-Qattan
Details
- Original title
- حكاية الجواهر الثلاثة
- Release date
- 1995-01-02
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic
- Countries
- Belgium, France, Spain, United Kingdom, Palestinian Territory
- Production
- BBC, Foundation Montecinema Verità, La Sept-Arte, One World of Broadcasters, Sindibad Films, Sourat Films, Television Trust for the Environment, TVE