A Gaza Weekend (2022)

Directed by

Basil Khalil

Genre

drama, comedy

Country

Palestine, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After a virus escapes from an Israeli lab, an English man and his Israeli wife find that the safest place to go is Gaza. The film follows their attempt to take refuge there, satirizing the absurdity of their situation.

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What happens

A Gaza Weekend is a 2022 British-Palestinian comedy film co-written and directed by Basil Khalil. It follows an English man named Michael (Stephen Mangan) and his Israeli wife Keren (Mouna Hawa) as they try to take refuge in Gaza, which—due to Israel's blockade of the region—has ironically become the safest place to be after a virus is accidentally released from an Israeli laboratory. Although the film revolves around a viral pandemic, it began production long before the COVID-19 pandemic. The film premiered on 10 September 2022 at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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