The Gate of Sun (Arabic: باب الشمس, translit. Bab el shams, French: La Porte du soleil) is a 2004 French-Egyptian war film directed by Yousry Nasrallah and based on the novel by Elias Khoury. It was screened out of competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
| The Gate of Sun | |
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| Directed by | Yousry Nasrallah |
| Written by | Yousry Nasrallah Elias Khoury Muhammad Suwaid |
| Produced by | Humbert Balsan |
| Starring | Hiam Abbass Orwa Nyrabia |
| Cinematography | Samir Bahzan |
| Edited by | Luc Barnier |
Release date |
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Running time | 278 minutes |
| Countries | Egypt France |
| Language | Arabic |
Plot edit
The film spans 50 years of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict with a central group of Palestinian refugees who were expelled from the Galilee in 1948.[2][3]
Cast edit
- Hiam Abbass - Um Youness
- Fady Abou-Samra - Dr. Amgad
- Hussein Abou Seada - Colonel Mehdi
- Mohamed Akil - Responsible OLP
- Ahmad Al Ahmad - Adnan
- Vivianne Antonios - Epouse de Sameh
- Muhtaseb Aref - Sheikh Ibrahim
- Gérard Avedissian - Barman
- Antoine Balabane - Georges
- Béatrice Dalle - Catherine
- Darina El Joundi - Femme fantôme
- Maher Essam - Selim
- Hanane Hajj Ali - Zeinab
- Mohamed Hedaki - Abou Essaf
- Talal Jordy - Tortionnaire
- Bassel Khayyat - Khaleel
- Ragaa Kotrosh - Om Soliman
- Kassem Melho - Ostaz Youssef
- Orwa Nyrabia - Youness
- Hala Omran - Shams
- Nadira Omran - Um Hasan
- Bassem Samra - Interrogateur
- Wissam Smayra - Himself
- Rim Turkhi - Nahila
References edit
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Gate of Sun". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ Doherty, Benjamin (18 April 2005). "Film review: Door to the Sun". The Electronic Intifada. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Elias Khoury's Gate of the Sun". Arab Hyphen. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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