A Plate of Sardines (1997)

Original title

Le plat de sardines

Directed by

Omar Amiralay

Genre

documentary film

Country

Syria, France

Runtime

17 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The director recalls how he first learned about Israel. He offers a critical view of both the Israeli and Syrian governments.

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What happens

A Plate of Sardines (Arabic: طبق السردين) is a Syrian documentary film by the director Omar Amiralay. In it, Amiralay tells the story of how he first heard of Israel. In the documentary, he controversially criticized the Israeli and Syrian governments, the latter of which banned the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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