Une bouteille à la mer 2011

Tai is 17 years old. Naim 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. A bottle thrown in the sea and a correspondence by email nurture the slender hope that their relationship might give them the strength to confront this harsh reality to grapple with it, and thereby ever so slightly change it. Only 60 miles separate them but how many bombings, check-points, sleepless nights and bloodstained days stand between them?

Cast:

Hiam Abbass
Intessar 

Abraham Belaga
Eytan 

Agathe Bonitzer
Tal 

Reef Cohen
Efrat 

François Loriquet
Thomas 

Loai Nofi
Hakim 

• A Bottle in the Gaza Sea