The Gate of Sun (2004)

Original title

باب الشمس‎‎

Directed by

Yousry Nasrallah

Genre

war film

Country

France

Runtime

4h 38m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Palestinian refugees as they tell their stories and remember their homeland. It centers on a man who travels back and forth across a border to be with his wife in secret. Their personal struggles unfold against the backdrop of decades of conflict.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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