112 minutes
1/2/1995
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.
Mohammad Nahhal
as Yusef
Hana' Nc'mch
as Aida #1
Makram J. Khoury
as Abu Iman
Bushra Qaraman
as Yusef's mother
Ghassan Abu Libda
as Salah
Mohammad Bakri
as Aida's father
Raida Adon
as Suad
Mohammed Sheikh
as Samir
Hana' Ne'meh
as Aida
Amir Halabi
as Salah's father
Umm Fayez
as Aida's grandmother
Ahmad Abu Sal'oum
as Yusef's father
Khalifa Natour
as Officer #1
Dirar Suleiman
as Officer #2